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Podcast: BrianofLondon 3Speak Video Podcast
Episode: The British Post Office and the Fujitsu Horizon Project: when governments go fascist
Description: https://3speak.tv/watch?v=brianoflondon/vdqnynty I used to be a management consultant working on large accounting systems in the UK including work for various parts of the UK Government.
So I have some thoughts on the UK's Post Office and Fujitsu Horizon scandal and catastrophe.
An accounting system which falsely accused upstanding and innocent people of dishonesty was a catastrophe in the UK. And I can fully understand the way it happened.
I don't talk about this in the video, but a public ledger system like Hive would prevent this...