Denmark: AI-powered welfare system fuels mass surveillance and risks discriminating against marginalized groups -- report
Amnesty International
Ref: SRC-003-DNK-001
Accessed: 10/31/2025
Summary
Press release summarising key findings of the Coded Injustice report. Highlights mass surveillance of benefit recipients, discriminatory targeting of marginalised groups, lack of transparency and oversight, and forthcoming obligations under EU AI Act. Calls on Danish authorities to pause the system pending assessment.
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Amnesty International (2024). Denmark: AI-powered welfare system fuels mass surveillance and risks discriminating against marginalized groups -- report. London: Amnesty International. Available at: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/11/denmark-ai-powered-welfare-system-fuels-mass-surveillance-and-risks-discriminating-against-marginalized-groups-report/ (Accessed: 31 October 2025).