A Roadmap for Confronting the Chilling Effects of Censorship, Surveillance and New Technology

Governing mass surveillance technologies

EDITOR: As surveillance technology continues to advance, I believe Platte County should proactively establish a public governance framework governing any mass surveillance technology operating within Platte County. Before any additional mass surveillance technology is acquired, contracted for, deployed, or expanded within Platte County, the county commission should first establish a comprehensive public governance framework defining the lawful l…

A Roadmap for Confronting the Chilling Effects of Censorship, Surveillance and New Technology

Senior research fellow Jon Penney spoke with Tech Policy Press about his new book, Chilling Effects, and how rising surveillance is causing people to self-censor.  Penney notes that the fear of having a digital persona or profile that follows us forever can have a “profound chill in how people…live their lives.” Beyond self-censoring in certain contexts, he argues that this sense of surveillance is shaping “the baseline of how we live,” which is…