DAVID MURAKAMI WOOD THE GREAT CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC SURVEILLANCE

INTRODUCTION DISASTERS AS TRIGGER EVENTS ▸ Direct effects: destruction, migration… ▸ Indirect: feeding through

THE PANDEMIC AS OPPORTUNITY THE TRENDS ARE CLEAR: POLITICIANS ARE USING THE PANDEMIC TO,

THE PANDEMIC AS OPPORTUNITY TECHNOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO COVID-19 ▸ Information and warning ▸ Area

THE EXAMPLE OF CHINA SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED IN THE XINJIANG REGION — SUCH AS

THE EXAMPLE OF CHINA “SURVEIL LANCE CREEP” ▸ Spread of technologies developed for security

LESSONS WHAT CAN WE LEARN? ▸ China is an extreme case, but it’s not

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DAVID MURAKAMI WOOD THE GREAT CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC SURVEILLANCE

INTRODUCTION DISASTERS AS TRIGGER EVENTS ▸ Direct effects: destruction, migration… ▸ Indirect: feeding through of politicaleconomic impacts ▸ But nature of the response often just as significant ▸ Direct, e. g. military mobilization, lock-downs ▸ Indirect, e. g. 1906 San Francisco earthquake and creation of US Federal Reserve Bank ▸ Disasters are opportunities… The San Francisco earthquake of 1906

THE PANDEMIC AS OPPORTUNITY THE TRENDS ARE CLEAR: POLITICIANS ARE USING THE PANDEMIC TO, IN SOME CASES RADICALLY, REDISTRIBUTE POWER Sean Mc. Donald , CIGI TO SERVE THEIR

THE PANDEMIC AS OPPORTUNITY TECHNOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO COVID-19 ▸ Information and warning ▸ Area / access control ▸ Track and trace ▸ Infection detection ▸ Identification ▸ Certification A Boston Dynamics dog robot on patrol in a Singapore park

THE EXAMPLE OF CHINA SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED IN THE XINJIANG REGION — SUCH AS HANDHELD DEVICES FOR PULLING DATA FROM CITIZENS' PHONES — IS NOW PROLIFERATING IN Freedom House OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.

THE EXAMPLE OF CHINA “SURVEIL LANCE CREEP” ▸ Spread of technologies developed for security reasons in Xinjiang ▸ Face-recognition for masked faces ▸ Heat-sensors on helmet-mounted cameras ▸ Drones used to harass citizens ▸ Ratings for likely infection (traffic light system), with attendant privileges and restrictions… ▸ Intense CCTV surveillance sometimes inside homes

LESSONS WHAT CAN WE LEARN? ▸ China is an extreme case, but it’s not just China ▸ Every country has implemented one or more of the same systems, many repurposed security systems ▸ Keys are: ▸ Transparency to the public ▸ Oversight and accountability ▸ Necessity and proportionality of measures ▸ State of emergency should not mean “anything goes” ▸ Not just immediate effects - but what paths does any technological choice send us down? ▸ Danger is not just state increasing power but surveillance & platform corporations using pandemic to entrench themselves and their systems within government