Serbia Social Card excludes thousands of welfare beneficiaries
A Serbia government system meant to automate the allocation of welfare payments and detect fraud resulted in thousands of beneficiaries not receiving their payments. Approved by the country's parliament in March 2022 and developed by local IT company Saga, Serbia's socijalna karta ( Social Card) system uses approximately 130 types of data collected from the Tax Administration, Ministry of Interior, and other government agencies to process individual payments in a fully automated manner. A group of human rights organisations, including Amnesty, submitted a legal opinion that accused the Serbian government of creating an 'invasive digital surveillance system that threatens the right to equality' by excluding the Roma and the disabled from the system, thereby increasing disparities against the m . Serbia's government refused to provide access to the system's algorithm or data. System 🤖 S ocijalna karta Documents 📃 Government of the Republic of Serbia (2022). Government passes Social Card Bill Operator: Serbia Ministry of Labour Developer: Saga Country: Serbia Sector: Govt - we lfare Purpose: Allocate social benefits Technology: Issue: Accuracy/reliability; Bias/disrimination - ethnicity, disability; Fairness; Privacy; Surveillance
- Date it happened
- 2022-11-01
- Organisation involved
- Serbia Ministry of Labour
- Product, system or model
- Social Card
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