Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor

Key Points

• The aim is to explore how digital technologies impact inequality and the surveillance of vulnerable populations.
• Analyzing the role of digital tools in public sector operations
• Examining case studies on profiling and monitoring practices
• Investigating the social implications of automated decision-making
• Digital technologies significantly influence public policing practices
• Vulnerable populations face increased scrutiny and profiling due to automation
• The findings highlight potential exacerbation of social inequality through high-tech tools