Gladsaxe vulnerable children detection

Gladsaxe was an algorithmic system used by Denmark's Gladsaxe municipality to identify and assess children at risk from abuse. 

Released in 2018, the so-called 'Gladsaxe Model' consisted of custom algorithms drawing on parental health records, unemployment, missed medical and dental appointments and other data provided locally and by Denmark's Udbetaling Danmark benefits agency to produce a points-based risk assessment. 

Mental illness counted for 3000 points, unemployment 500 points, missing a doctor’s appointment 1000 points and a dentist’s appointment 300 points. 

Risks and harms 🛑

Research, advocacy 🧮

• Jørgensen R.F. (2021). Data and rights in the digital welfare state: the case of Denmark

News, commentary, analysis 🗞️

• https://politiken.dk/viden/Tech/art7202917/Algoritmer-skal-udpege-langtidsledige

• https://politiken.dk/indland/art7023935/Gladsaxe-indstiller-arbejdet-med-omstridt-overv%C3%A5gning-af-b%C3%B8rnefamilier

• https://eticasfoundation.org/ghetto-plan-in-denmark-tracing-children-with-special-needs/

• https://www.businessinsider.in/denmark-is-using-algorithms-to-dole-out-welfare-benefits-and-undermining-its-own-democracy-in-the-process/articleshow/67279722.cms

• https://automatingsociety.algorithmwatch.org/report2020/denmark/

• https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/12/25/the-welfare-state-is-committing-suicide-by-artificial-intelligence/

• https://privacyinternational.org/examples/3146/danish-central-agency-expands-algorithmic-administration

• https://damijan.org/2018/12/26/umetna-inteligenca-in-spodkopavanje-telmeljev-demokracije/