On Wednesday, 8 April, the Council of Europe called on its 47 Member States to apply a comprehensive ‘precautionary approach’ to using algorithms to counter the COVID-19 pandemic.
Automated algorithmic systems “are being used for prediction, diagnosis and research on vaccines and treatments”, notes the Committee of Ministers (CM) in a press release for the recommendation, and they are “being discussed in a growing number of Member States” to implement “enhanced digital...