Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida issued an apology on Wednesday to the victims of a now-defunct eugenics law that resulted in the forced sterilisation of thousands of individuals between 1948 and 1996. A report revealed that under this law, 24,993 people were sterilised, with approximately 16,000 of them undergoing the procedure without their consent, including two nine-year-old children Japan’s Prime …
The Supreme Court of Japan has found a eugenics law forcing people with disabilities to undergo sterilisation until 1996 was unconstitutional, in an unprecedented ruling against the Japanese government. Under the Eugenic Protection Law, in place from 1948 to 1996, people with intellectual or mental disabilities, and those with certain hereditary diseases, were sterilised "to prevent birth of inferior descendants …
When we talk about Charles Darwin, it is rarely in the same breath that we discuss the modern-day internet algorithms which are dividing society with selective information. Key points: In the 1800s, eugenic theory — improving genetics through breeding — paved the way for big data analysis techniques Social attitudes from the time, such as racism and sexism, still contribute …
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