Big Government | Big Government News and Information

mobile phones

06/08/2017 / By Earl Garcia

UK police will start using AI to assign threat levels to criminals; ultimately deciding how long suspects should be kept in custody

Police officials in Durham, U.K. are slated to roll out an artificial intelligence system designed to help the authorities determine whether or not a suspect should be kept in police custody.The system, known as the Harm Assessment Risk Tool (HART) will classify suspects as low, medium, or high risk offenders. The system has been previously tested by […]

05/23/2017 / By Earl Garcia

DANGEROUS: UK police now have the power to remotely disable mobile phones, even if the owner hasn’t committed a crime

The U.K. police may soon be able to remotely disable mobile phones even if the owners did not commit a crime through a new legislation that was recently passed. The Digital Economy Act, which was passed into law in late April, contains a provision that enables police officers to place restrictions on certain handsets that are suspected to […]

1 of 1