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Aug 12, 20201 min
Updated: May 3, 2023
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The Home Office has agreed to stop using a computer algorithm to h elp decide visa applications after allegations that it contained "entrenched racism".
The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) and digital rights group Foxglove launched a legal challenge against the system.
Foxglove characterised it as "speedy boarding for white people".
The Home Office, however, said it did not accept that description.