|| Spain’s flawed domestic abuse algorithm — Ban debate heats up — Holding the police accountable

For the past 15 years, Spain has been using an algorithmic system called VioGén to help the police assess the risk women face when they file complaints of abuse. But the system has severe flaws that lead to women’s risk being ranked too low and without the appropriate response from the authorities, according to a new report by Eticas Consulting, an algorithmic auditing company, and the Ana Bella Foundation, an organization campaigning against gender violence.