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Professor Digital Surveillance | Erasmus University Rotterdam | Author: Making Surveillance Public - Why You Should Be More Woke About AI and Algorithms (2nd edition, 2025) | www.marcschuilenburg.nl

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Marc Schuilenburg @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My article "Turning a private surveillance service into a public disclosure: The case of Amazon's ring doorbell" is out in Infomation, Communication & Society. On: mass surveillance, presumption of innocence, perceived privacy, and a permanent sense of alertness by owners. Open access: ap.lc/eXPfr
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Marc Schuilenburg @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
On November 10th, we are organizing the 3rd conference on AI, digitalization, and security: Harmful Policing. Panels with academics & practitioners, keynotes by Tessa Diphoorn & @petefussey.bsky.social, exhibition at Nieuwe Instituut Rotterdam and a documentary. The full program: l1nq.com/pi93up4
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Marc Schuilenburg @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Marc Schuilenburg ziet ook schaduwkanten aan de handige Meta Glasses: “De belofte van gemak mondt uit in paranoia en schijnveiligheid.” Interview in Erasmus Magazine over slimme brillen en bellen, van Meta tot Amazon Ring en drones met camera's: www.erasmusmagazine.nl/2026/09/03/m...
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‘Met gadgets als Meta Glasses betalen we voor surveillance op onszelf’
Een bril die nauwelijks te onderscheiden is van een gewone Ray-Ban, maar die ondertussen filmt, foto’s maakt en een ingebouwde AI-assistent die meekijkt: in 2023 kwamen de Meta Glasses op de markt. Ma...
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Marc Schuilenburg @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Proofs are corrected, the index compiled! Just sent off the proofs for ‘The Algoritmic Society’ to Routledge, which means the book is very nearly out in the world! You can find more details about the book here: www.routledge.com/The-Algorith...
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The Algorithmic Society: Technology, Power, and Knowledge
We live in an algorithmic society. Artificial Intelligence and algorithms have become the main mediators through which power and knowledge are enacted in our society. This book brings together three a...
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Follow the Money @ftm.nl · 18/08/2026
Een buienradar voor boeven: een systeem dat voorspelt waar en wanneer criminaliteit zou plaatsvinden. Het klonk veelbelovend. Jarenlang waren er twijfels over de werking van het systeem. De kritiek bleek terecht: het werkte nauwelijks. Waarom bleef de politie zo lang op het algoritme vertrouwen?
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Politie-algoritme ‘voorspelde’ jarenlang misdaad. Zonder bewijs dat het werkte
In december viel stilletjes het doek voor een politie-algoritme dat jarenlang voorspelde waar en wanneer misdrijven zouden gaan plaatsvinden. De methode kon niet effectief zijn, blijkt uit een verniet...
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Marc Schuilenburg @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
On the hottest day of the year, we've got the cover design for The Algorithmic Society, out in October 2026. In the new edition, all chapters have been updated and three new chapters have been added, on: ‘Data-Level Bureaucracy’, ‘ELSA & AI Ecosystems’ & ‘Inclusive Data for Democratic Debates’
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Alexander Laufer @alexlaufer.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Governments claim risk profiling systems help identify potential criminals or fraudsters but in practice they reinforce discrimination & inequality. A new @amnesty.org report shows how their use in law enforcement, social security & migration violates human rights. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
cover of report titled "automating suspicion: risk profiling as a smokescreen for structural discrimination and inequality"
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Marc Schuilenburg @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
EXTENDED DEADLINE – CALL FOR ABSTRACTS We are pleased to announce the extension of the submission deadline for our upcoming symposium HARMFUL POLICING to 8 June 2026. The complete call and instructions can be found here: dutchsurveillancestudies.org/2026/03/13/c...
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Call for Papers: Symposium Harmful Policing
10 November 2026 at Erasmus University RotterdamCALL FOR PAPERS CLOSES 01/06/26 The lethal violence being perpetrated by ICE in the United States and the death of a migrant worker in French police …
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
For those who love humanities about tech, my thoughts AI predictions, Minority Report (movie vs. story), Dostoyevsky, and free will: danielsolove.substack.com/p/dangerous-...
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Dangerous Oracles: Minority Report, Philip K. Dick, and AI Predictions
Tech and Humanities Series
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
RIP Sonny Rollins, a great jazz talent and the last surviving musician in one of the best photos of men in suits during the 20th century
The black-and-white photo A Great Day in Harlem shows 57 musicians gathered around the steps of a Harlem brownstone, while some kids sit on the curb. The photo was originally shot for an August 1958 issue of Esquire Magazine.
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Marc Schuilenburg @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
We are delighted to announce our first confirmed Keynote Speaker for the upcoming HARMFUL POLICING conference (November 10, 2026 | Erasmus University Rotterdam) ⏯️ Prof. @petefussey.bsky.social (University of Southhampton) Call for Papers / Deadline 1 June 2026 / More info: shorturl.at/i9wbt
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Call for Papers: Symposium Harmful Policing
10 November 2026 at Erasmus University RotterdamCALL FOR PAPERS CLOSES 01/06/26 The lethal violence being perpetrated by ICE in the United States and the death of a migrant worker in French police …
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Marc Schuilenburg @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Harmful Policing 10-11-2026 | Erasmus University Rotterdam Following the success of two AI-symposiums, Dutch Surveillance Studies is organizing a third symposium: ‘Harmful Policing’. We are delighted to invite submissions exploring the increased digitization of policing and harm.
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Marc Schuilenburg @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Harmful Policing 10-11-2026 | Erasmus University Rotterdam Following the success of two AI-symposiums, Dutch Surveillance Studies is organizing a third symposium: ‘Harmful Policing’. We are delighted to invite submissions exploring the increased digitization of policing and harm.
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Marc Schuilenburg @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Fantastisch concert in Rotterdam van the Mozzer.
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Laurens Verhagen @laurensvhg.eurosky.social · 24/02/2026
Het enthousiasme was groot over misdaadvoorspellende AI-systemen. 'Misdaad voorspellen: het kan echt!' kopte NRC bv ooit. Nu heeft de politie het criminaliteits anticipatie systeem (CAS) in alle stilte stopgezet. Het werkte niet, maar bracht wel schade toe www.volkskrant.nl/tech/politie...
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Politie stopt stilletjes met de ooit zo bejubelde misdaadvoorspeller CAS
De Nederlandse politie is in alle stilte gestopt met het Criminaliteits Anticipatie Systeem, dat voorspelde in welke buurten het risico op criminaliteit het grootst is. Het besluit volgt op jarenlange...
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Marc Schuilenburg @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
De Nederlandse Politie is gestopt met het Criminaliteits Anticipatie Systeem (CAS). Met OxRec is dit in korte tijd het tweede voorspellende systeem in de strafketen dat is beëindigd. Interview in @volkskrant.nl over achtergrond van dit alles:
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Politie stopt stilletjes met de ooit zo bejubelde misdaadvoorspeller CAS
De Nederlandse politie is in alle stilte gestopt met het Criminaliteits Anticipatie Systeem, dat voorspelde in welke buurten het risico op criminaliteit het grootst is. Het besluit volgt op jarenlange...
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Privacy First @privacyfirst-nl.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Publieksevenement: de “Slimme” Deurbel?! Op 24 maart as. organiseert het Slimme Deurbellen Consortium in Amsterdam een evenement over “slimme” deurbellen. Sprekers zijn o.a. @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social, Sander Flight en Renske Heijungs. Meer informatie en aanmelden: privacyfirst.nl/artikelen/pu...
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Publieksevenement: de “Slimme” Deurbel?! | Privacy First
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Torin Monahan @torinmonahan.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Steph Brown [@stephjayb.bsky.social] has just won the 2025 Surveillance Studies Book Prize for Watching Women: Militant Suffragists Write the British Surveillance State, 1905–1924. This is an incredible book that everyone should read. Congrats, Steph!! ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...
Image of book cover: Watching Women by Stephanie Brown
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Marc Schuilenburg @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
I edited a Special Issue of European Journal of Policing Studies on “Lived Experiences in Digitalized Policing and AI Surveillance". Featuring six empirical studies on AI-tools and public safety. Here you can read the Introduction: ap.lc/IisrG. And the complete SI: ap.lc/dwkYK.
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Mehdi Ghassemi @mehdighassemi.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Can't wait to welcome surveillance scholars in Lille for #SSN2026! It will be held for the first time in 🇫🇷, hosted by @univcatholille.bsky.social with @istc.bsky.social as partner. 🌍 Planetary Surveillance 📍 Lille | 🗓️ 9–12 June 2026 📝 CfP deadline: Jan 10 🔗 lnkd.in/dacsjrgB Submit and join us!
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Marc Schuilenburg @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Certain models, in particular Grok 4 and GPT-o3, still attempted to sabotage shutdown instructions in the updated setup. Concerningly, wrote Palisade, there was no clear reason why.
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AI models may be developing their own ‘survival drive’, researchers say
Like 2001: A Space Odyssey’s HAL 9000, some AIs seem to resist being turned off and will even sabotage shutdown
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Marc Schuilenburg @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
A must listen for anyone interested how AI creates new surveillance opportunities.
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Marc Schuilenburg @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Meanwhile, in luxury surveillance. This one shoots pictures down at what is inside the bowl, sending the snaps to an app that analyzes stool samples and rates your gut health. The Dekoda can be yours for $599, plus an annual subscription fee.
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‘Chasing the ideal gut’: Poop-tracking cameras claim to give health insights. Are they necessary?
Products like Dekoda can run up to $600 and photograph your every bowel movement – but who owns that data?
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 20/10/2025
Ring’s cooperation with law enforcement has resurfaced privacy concerns that have followed the devices for years.
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Ring cameras are about to get increasingly chummy with law enforcement
Amazon’s Ring partners with company whose tech has reportedly been used by ICE.
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Brigitte Nerlich @bnerlich.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Today's post delves a bit into the history of #sociology, memories of Erving #Goffman, and his use of #metaphor as method makingsciencepublic.com/2025/09/26/e...
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Erving Goffman: Memories, method and metaphors
If you do sociology or, indeed, any social science whatsoever, you’ll come across the work of Erving Goffman. I have done too but never engaged with it as much as I should have done. This was…
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Marc Schuilenburg @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
According to several sources, the enormous repository of intercepted calls – which amounted to as much as 8,000 terabytes of data – was held in a Microsoft datacentre in the Netherlands.
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Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians
Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project
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Marc Schuilenburg @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Zet AI in voor een positief contact tussen politie en burger, bepleit hoogleraar Marc Schuilenburg van de Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam in een rapport aan de politie.
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Van data naar daadkracht: AI zet politiewerk op scherp
De Nederlandse Politie staat op een digitaal kruispunt. In een nieuw rapport schetst de Wetenschappelijke Adviesraad Politie zeven urgente uitdagingen met acht adviezen. De korpschef neemt deze bijna ...
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Theoretical Criminology @theoreticalcrim.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
🗣️CHECK IT OUT🗣️Read Aleš Završnik's review of @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social's 'Making Surveillance Public: Why You Should Be More Woke About AI and Algorithms.' Part of #TheoreticalCrim's Special Issue, guest-edited by Katja Franko & @heidimorklomell.bsky.social: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Rosamunde Van Brakel @rosamundevb.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
These panels are part of a collection of 7 panels and a book panel on digital criminology at #EUROCRIM2025 that I have coordinated with Mareile Kaufmann and @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social #digitalcriminology #criminology #crimsky
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De Groene Amsterdammer @groene.nl · 10/08/2025
De slimme deurbel is geen onschuldig gadget, waarschuwt hoogleraar en filosoof Marc Schuilenburg. Het is een symbool van een samenleving waarin controle en veiligheid steeds vaker de boventoon voeren. 👉 buff.ly/eAsrAJ1
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Louise Amoore @amoorelouise.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
My essay “Because the twin is not a copy: the politics of digital twins” - written for a 2023 workshop organised by Christoph Borbach & out now in a special issue on digital twinning in #NewMedia&Society #DigitalTwins #algorithms journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Because the twin is not a copy: On the politics of digital twins - Louise Amoore, 2025
This essay explores the changing form of the digital twin as a political technology in the age of deep learning and generative artificial intelligence (AI). It ...
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De Groene Amsterdammer @groene.nl · 05/08/2025
De slimme deurbel is geen onschuldig gadget, waarschuwt hoogleraar en filosoof Marc Schuilenburg. Het is een symbool van een samenleving waarin controle en veiligheid steeds vaker de boventoon voeren. 👉 buff.ly/eAsrAJ1
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Marc Schuilenburg @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Swasticars, Surveillance, and the Seductive Trap of Smartness: How Tesla Became the Luxury Blueprint for Disciplinary Technology'. In this blogpost, we discuss why we willingly share our personal data with private companies as Tesla. Read it here: medium.com/surveillance...
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Swasticars, Surveillance, and the Seductive Trap of Smartness: How Tesla Became the Luxury…
In this post, Marc Shuilenburg and Yarin Eski reflect on their article ‘Data Sharing: A Case Study of Luxury Surveillance by Tesla’, which…
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Marc Schuilenburg @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
How the Amazon Ring reframes mundane interactions into surveillance opportunities.
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Marc Schuilenburg @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Interview on why lecturing is also a form of "accountability" and the need to be “in room” with AI tools. Criticizing is not enough anymore ... www.centre-for-bold-cities.nl/news/in-the-...
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In the Spotlight: prof. dr. mr. Marc Schuilenburg
Security, surveillance, AI, and public values, for Marc Schuilenburg, these are not abstract academic concepts. They are urgent societal challenges that demand critical, interdisciplinary, and engaged...
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Marc Schuilenburg @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Meanwhile, in the Tour de France.
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Marc Schuilenburg @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Marc Schuilenburg is blij met de reactie van de politie. ‘De korpschef herkent niet alleen de door ons geïdentificeerde uitdagingen als het gaat om datagedreven werk en de toepassing van AI. Meer nog, zij onderschrijft ook onze aanbevelingen en gaat er mee aan de slag.’” Meer hier:
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Uitdagingen en gevoeligheden voor datagedreven politiewerk
Grootschalige dataverzameling en artificial intelligence bieden de politie mogelijkheden om doelmatiger te werken. Maar er zijn ook uitdagingen, gevoeligheden en risico’s. In het rapport Navigeren in ...
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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
PUBLISHED: New open issue of Surveillance & Society with articles on #desire, student tracking, #Tesla data collection, #surveillance #art, workplace surveillance, and urban “data walks.” The journal is always fully #openaccess. Check it out, and please spread the word: tinyurl.com/9c473scz
Map of USA showing automated license plate reader (ALPR) networks. From flock.ajith.fyi.
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Marc Schuilenburg @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
In our new piece in @survstudiesnet.bsky.social, we unpack how Tesla and its car fleet became the blueprint for luxury surveillance, operating as machines that seduce users with innovation while quietly disciplining them. You can read our article on the 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗿 here: lnkd.in/eh6H8rry.
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Marc Schuilenburg @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
How to resist digital surveillance of everyday life? Knit, Code, Resist. Great initiative: matildaarvidsson.com/knit-code-re...
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Knit, code, resist
Feminist performative practices of non-fascist living with AI and law How does knitting, code, law, and women’s history of embodied and performative resistance come together? In this research…
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Marc Schuilenburg @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
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Live facial recognition cameras may become ‘commonplace’ as police use soars
Exclusive: The Guardian and Liberty Investigates find police in England and Wales believe expansion is likely after 4.7m faces scanned in 2024
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Marc Schuilenburg @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Seizoen zit erop. Kansloos vandaag.
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Rosamunde Van Brakel @rosamundevb.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Very happy to co-organise this great event with such an exciting programme and stellar keynotes! Also there are still a few places left to attend on-site, get in touch and join us in Rotterdam 19-20 June! #surveillance #AI #publicsafety #digitalcriminology #criminology @crisresearch.bsky.social
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Marc Schuilenburg @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
The full program for our symposium - AI-Imaginations & Public Safety – at Erasmus University Rotterdam is now online! Keynote speakers: - David Lyon - Mareille Kaufman - Selmar Smit Along with an excellent line-up of more than 30 speakers. More info on the blogpost of AI-Maps: bitly.cx/hLHvl.
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Unveiling the Program for AI-Imaginations and Public Safety Symposium, organized by AI-MAPS!
AI-MAPS is proud to present the full program for our upcoming symposium: AI-Imaginations and Public Safety
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Rosamunde Van Brakel @rosamundevb.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Looking forward to #EUROCRIM2025 in Athens! Very happy that all our panels on digital #criminology with a stellar line up of speakers have been accepted. The collection of panels have been coordinated by Mareile Kaufmann, @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social and myself #digitalcriminology #surveillance
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Marc Schuilenburg @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
AI in service of care and trust: “I no longer wanted to criticise from the sidelines, but contribute at the table." Full interview here: www.eur.nl/en/esl/news/...
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AI in Service of Connection and Trust: “I no longer wanted to criticise from the sidelines, but contribute at the table”
Two-part series on the role of AI in policing – from control and prediction to connection and trust with Marc Schuilenburg, Professor of Digital Surveillance.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 30/04/2025
Yet another example of how private tech companies — not the government boogeyman — is the force in society most aggressively expanding the surveillance apparatus because it serves their bottom lines and gets justified as convenience.
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Car Subscription Features Raise Your Risk of Government Surveillance, Police Records Show
Records reviewed by WIRED show law enforcement agencies are eager to take advantage of the data trails generated by a flood of new internet-connected vehicle features.
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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 29/04/2025
Wow the cover of the 1973 Hew Report (precursor to 1974's Data Privacy Act) is *wild*. ia601702.us.archive.org/8/items/reco...
Purple text reads "Records, Computers, and the Rights of Citizens." A stylized silhouette of a person's face appears below. Instead of a face, a stylized image of magnetic tape represents the person's features.
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Marc Schuilenburg @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
The Limits of Predictive Policing: “Human behaviour is not as predictable as people think”
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The Limits of Predictive Policing: “Human behaviour is not as predictable as people think”
A two-part series on the role of AI in policing – from control and prediction to connection and trust with Marc Schuilenburg, Professor of Digital Surveillance
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