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Welfare surveillance system violates human rights, Dutch court rules

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From the Guardian:

A Dutch court has ordered the immediate halt of an automated surveillance system for detecting welfare fraud because it violates human rights, in a judgment likely to resonate well beyond the Netherlands.

The case was seen as an important legal challenge to the controversial but growing use by governments around the world of artificial intelligence and risk modelling in administering welfare benefits and other core services.

More: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/feb/05/welfare-surveillance-system-violates-human-rights-dutch-court-rules
Judgment (in Dutch): https://uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/inziendocument?id=ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2020:865