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’

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...

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...

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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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-...

Dangerous Oracles: Minority Report, Philip K. Dick, and AI Predictions

Tech and Humanities Series

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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

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

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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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.

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.

Fantastisch concert in Rotterdam van the Mozzer.

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...

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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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:

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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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...

Publieksevenement: de “Slimme” Deurbel?! | Privacy First

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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...

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.

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!

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.

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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A must listen for anyone interested how AI creates new surveillance opportunities.

Tech Won’t Save Us@techwontsave.us · 10mo ago

Meta and Google want to free you from screens — by putting one in front of your eyes at all times. This week @hypervisible.blacksky.app joins @parismarx.com to discuss the anti-social world they’re trying to create through mass adoption of smart glasses. Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/298_...

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.

‘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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Ring’s cooperation with law enforcement has resurfaced privacy concerns that have followed the devices for years.

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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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...

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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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.

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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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.

🗣️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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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

Rosamunde Van Brakel@rosamundevb.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Excited to see the programme is out for #EUROCRIM2025! Looking forward to speak in two of the digital criminology panels 🤩 #digitalcriminology #greencriminology #surveillance #morethanhuman #AI #environmentalcrime

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

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/...

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 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

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...

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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How the Amazon Ring reframes mundane interactions into surveillance opportunities.

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Ring reintroduces video sharing with police

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-...

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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