Real-world events that inform the patterns

Case studies

Documented deployments and failures that cut across territories. Each case sets out what happened, the patterns it bears on, and the sources behind the record.

Case study

Robodebt — what happens when accountability and audit fail

A worked failure case: the Australian Robodebt scheme is the definitive demonstration of what occurs when automated government decision-making operates without review checkpoints, audit trails, reasons, recourse, or reversibility. It is the test the accountability patterns are measured against.

Informs T3 · Accountability & Audit