Surveillance

Two decades after the last attempt collapsed, Keir Starmer has revived plans for a national ID card.

Government agencies are contracting with Palantir to correlate disparate pieces of data, promising efficiency but raising civil liberties concerns.

While our culture is very different from Shakespeare’s London, his plays — and those by others — still carry the potential to bring people together and help us think deeply about our shared experience.

The online reaction to the extra-marital affair that was caught on the Jumbotron at a Coldplay concert raises the question: why does infidelity, especially among the powerful, provoke such public outrage?

Environmental activism, corruption and technological invasion are all threaded through the story, representing fears about identity, society and the human condition.

Your social media is no longer a personal space. It may be used by governments to determine whether you fit with their values.

Listen to disability surveillance expert Amy Gaeta on The Conversation Weekly podcast.

Social licence and consent are central to trust in state data systems. Changes to the way census information is gathered make this especially important for Māori.

AI has the potential to help prevent and detect abuse, but only if it avoids bias and is sensitive toward traumatized people’s needs.

As wearable technologies become more popular, it’s important to consider how they actually work and what their data actually tells us.

Surveillance of speech by algorithm raises urgent questions about data privacy and the future of a neutral, expert public service.

The notion that the cameras reduce violence and complaints about police behaviour are not necessarily borne out in practice.

Google recently ended its longstanding ban on developing AI weapons.

Create a moral panic. Blame it on certain people. Commence monitoring. Deploy droves of security agents. Detain or remove the targets. Sound familiar?

One of the most influential philosophical works of the 20th century, Discipline and Punish is unsettlingly prescient in our age of digital surveillance.

The Philadelphia Police Department plans to expand its use of drones, including as first responders.

A new study shows that simply knowing we are being watched can unconsciously heighten our awareness of other people’s gaze.

Neurotechnology raises many high-stakes ethical questions. Setting ground rules could help protect workers and ensure that tasks are adapted to the person, rather than the other way around.

There are dangers to having government surveillance carried out without proper oversight and accountability.

Despite the ruling against Bunnings, Australian businesses can continue to collect your biometric information without your explicit consent by simply putting up signs.

There’s been a gradual erosion of democratic rights and liberties in the island of Mauritius.

Smartphones may be indispensable to modern life, but they’re also perfect tools for spying on their owners. Anyone looking to avoid being tracked – like, say, militant groups – tends to ditch them.

Two new laws with major implications for how AI is used in society are being considered in Canada. Both lack protections for the public from the harms of AI, including racial profiling by police.

In the AI game, China has bet on strategic use over innovation, tightening its grip domestically and extending its reach internationally.

Advances in technology mean employers can keep tabs on workers long after the workday has finished. New Zealand needs to follow global examples and strengthen workers rights beyond the workplace.