Case Study: The Horizon IT Scandal & Algorithmic Accountability. 

This portfolio discusses the ethical abuse of the Post Office Horizon system, in which the use of a faulty accounting programme caused hundreds of sub-postmasters to be incorrectly prosecuted. It analyses the priority of technical bugs and disregarding human lives and the moral duty of software programmers. 

Why It Matters: This example is an important lesson to the computing industry about the fallibility of automation. It brings out the disastrous results that happen when organizations blindly trust technology and anybody to neglect transparency.