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We are passively accepting the development of a society of hyper-surveillance.
By Rosie Norman
Walking down my local high-street recently, I noticed several unmarked police vans. At first I was reassured by their presence since London has become something of a hotspot for violent crime lately. However, the Met Police were in fact not doing ordinary policing. Instead, they were trying out live facial recognition technology on the unsuspecting public (as a small sticker on the side of the van and a quick Google later revealed).
Although welcomed by some, it is clear that rapid technological advances haven’t all been rainbows and unicorns. While people are beginning to recognise the fact that technology has had a grave effect on children’s and young people’s mental health, less well understood are the practical implications of rapid digitalisation.
One new statistic published by Parliament in a report on digital technologies estimates that by 2030 30% of UK jobs will be vulnerable to ...
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