Comment on Fujitsu bugs that sent innocent people to prison were known “from the start”
someguy3@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That goes back to 1999, when the Horizon software system was installed in post offices by Fujitsu subsidiary International Computers Limited. From 1999 to 2015, Fujitsu’s faulty accounting software aided in the prosecution and conviction of more than 900 sub-postmasters and postmistresses who were accused of theft or fraud when the software wrongly made it appear that money was missing from their branches.
otter@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Thanks, I was wondering what this was
Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
That really sounds like those that edited those testimonies and those that ordered the edits should be going to prison because holy shit that’s bad
drugo@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
You could try out this crazy new thing called reading the article
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Far too many writers turn two sentences of information into two pages of waffle.
otter@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Sure, and that’s what I would have done next if someone didn’t extract the key detail I was looking for
When a story is relevant to me I’ll still go and read the article. Otherwise I can get the details I need, as well as extra context, from the comment sections