State Surveillance
The Issue
Documents released by Edward Snowden have revealed a degree of state surveillance that exceeds almost everyone’s worst fears. What is unknown are the full effects pervasive surveillance is having on individual action and decision-making and the viability of our democratic institutions.
Why It Matters
Intellectual privacy is essential for free expression. It is the privacy that shields us from surveillance as we generate and explore ideas, discuss them with confidants, and prepare to express our thoughts and engage in action in our everyday lives and in the public domain.
Our Work
The Centre for Free Expression explores the extent, nature and effects of surveillance. Our focus is to create greater public awareness and understanding of these issues and to promote discussion of laws, policies and practices that ensure democratic and human rights are not compromised
Resources
Take Control of Algorithms, Data, and Infrastructure
#2 in CFE Series: Taming Big Tech: Exploring the Alternatives
Meredith Whittaker - In Conversation with Andrew Clement
How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism: Seize the Means of Computation
#1 in CFE Series: Taming Big Tech: Exploring the Alternatives - Cory Doctorow - In Conversation with Andrew Clement
Commercial DNA Technologies, Algorithmic Tools, & Secrecy Threaten Fairness in Trials
The increasingly rapid rate of technological innovation has disrupted many spheres of life, but few with higher stakes than forensic evidence.
By Tamir Israel
Protecting Privacy in the Digital Age
Panelists: David Hutton, Mariette Pilon, Teresa Scassa
Moderator: Brenda McPhail
Facial Recognition: A pathway or threat to our future
Panelists: Brenda McPhail, Tamir Israel, Jacob Schroeder
Moderator: Bernie Lucht
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