[Sci-tech-public] MIT STS: 2014 Arthur Miller Lecture, David Lyon: TODAY

[Randyn A. Miller]

MIT
PROGRAM IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY 
 
2014 ARTHUR MILLER LECTURE 
ON SCIENCE AND ETHICS

DAVID LYON
PROFESSOR AND CHAIR OF SURVEILLANCE STUDIES
QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY


SURVEILLANCE AFTER SNOWDEN: DECODING THE "SNOOPING SCANDAL"

Revelations from the National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden are making waves around the world. Mass surveillance programs track personal data from internet companies targeting everyone from ordinary citizens to heads-of-state. Many are outraged; few saw the writing on the (Facebook) wall. After commenting on (1), what exactly has been revealed, and (2) some implications, we ask how to respond, in ethical and critical ways? (3) This has been developing for decades: The rise of “risk society” and of data-driven organizations; digital dreams dominate; public-and-private blur into one. (4) Why do we tolerate it? The familiarity factor in everyday surveillance, the fear factor after 9/11 and the fun factor of social media produce compliance, not critique. (5) What’s really at stake? Not just privacy and autonomy but accountability, freedom, dignity – in short, human flourishing. 


TODAY
10 MARCH 2014
3:30 PM
MIT CAMPUS
MEDIA LAB - SILVERMAN SKYLINE 
75 AMHERST STREET  - E14-648


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