The Home Office's racist algorithm

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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.