ECAS Crowdsourcing Platform Results

During the first step ad described above, 189 were gathered on our crowdsourcing platform. Participants ranked the following topics from the most to the least concerning:

Biometric Identifiers
Cyber Operations
Decision Making in the Justice System
Police Hacking
Predictive Policing

Below is a visual overview of the results for each topic which shows the mean/average and the overall score distribution:

During phase 2, citizens were asked to contribute by sharing solutions to table the concerns mapped during phase 1.

Main contributions can be found on the below table:

During phase 3, participants were invited to select the best ideas. Most-voted ideas are summarises in the graphic below:

How can the police use biometric identification tools while maintaining the privacy of citizens?

How can we make sure police hacking operations remain within the boundaries of the law and not gather data illegitimately?

How can we avoid discrimination and prejudice resulting from predictive policing algorithms?