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Marc Schuilenburg @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social · 8d

I can recommend this one, take care!

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Brigitte Nerlich @bnerlich.bsky.social · 13d

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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Marc Schuilenburg @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social · 13d

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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Marc Schuilenburg @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social · Aug 27

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.

Van data naar daadkracht: AI zet politiewerk op scherp

De Nederlandse Politie staat op een digitaal kruispunt. In een nieuw rapport schetst de Wetenschappelijke Adviesraad Politie zeven urgente uitdagingen met acht adviezen. De korpschef neemt deze bijna ...

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Theoretical Criminology @theoreticalcrim.bsky.social · Aug 15

🗣️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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Rosamunde Van Brakel @rosamundevb.bsky.social · Aug 11

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

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De Groene Amsterdammer @groene.nl · Aug 10

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

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Louise Amoore @amoorelouise.bsky.social · Aug 8

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 Groene Amsterdammer @groene.nl · Aug 5

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

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Marc Schuilenburg @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social · Aug 2

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We laten Big Brother zelf binnen, volgens filosoof Marc Schuilenburg. Bijvoorbeeld via de deurbel met camera

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.

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Marc Schuilenburg @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social · Jul 24

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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Marc Schuilenburg @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social · Jul 18

How the Amazon Ring reframes mundane interactions into surveillance opportunities.

The Verge @theverge.com · Jul 18

Ring reintroduces video sharing with police

Ring reverses its plan to stop sharing video with law enforcement.

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Marc Schuilenburg @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social · Jul 16

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 ...
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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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Marc Schuilenburg @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social · Jul 13

Meanwhile, in the Tour de France.

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Marc Schuilenburg @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social · Jun 26

Marc Schuilenburg is blij met de reactie van de politie. ‘De korpschef herkent niet alleen de door ons geïdentificeerde uitdagingen als het gaat om datagedreven werk en de toepassing van AI. Meer nog, zij onderschrijft ook onze aanbevelingen en gaat er mee aan de slag.’”

Meer hier:

Uitdagingen en gevoeligheden voor datagedreven politiewerk

Grootschalige dataverzameling en artificial intelligence bieden de politie mogelijkheden om doelmatiger te werken. Maar er zijn ook uitdagingen, gevoeligheden en risico’s. In het rapport Navigeren in ...

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · Jun 22

PUBLISHED: New open issue of Surveillance & Society with articles on #desire, student tracking, #Tesla data collection, #surveillance #art, workplace surveillance, and urban “data walks.” The journal is always fully #openaccess.

Check it out, and please spread the word: tinyurl.com/9c473scz

Map of USA showing automated license plate reader (ALPR) networks. From flock.ajith.fyi.

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Marc Schuilenburg @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social · Jun 6

In our new piece in @survstudiesnet.bsky.social, we unpack how Tesla and its car fleet became the blueprint for luxury surveillance, operating as machines that seduce users with innovation while quietly disciplining them.

You can read our article on the 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗿 here: lnkd.in/eh6H8rry.

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Marc Schuilenburg @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social · Jun 2

How to resist digital surveillance of everyday life? Knit, Code, Resist.

Great initiative: matildaarvidsson.com/knit-code-re...

Knit, code, resist

Feminist performative practices of non-fascist living with AI and law How does knitting, code, law, and women’s history of embodied and performative resistance come together? In this research…

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Marc Schuilenburg @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social · May 25

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Live facial recognition cameras may become ‘commonplace’ as police use soars

Exclusive: The Guardian and Liberty Investigates find police in England and Wales believe expansion is likely after 4.7m faces scanned in 2024

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Marc Schuilenburg @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social · May 18

Seizoen zit erop. Kansloos vandaag.

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Rosamunde Van Brakel @rosamundevb.bsky.social · May 16

Very happy to co-organise this great event with such an exciting programme and stellar keynotes!

Also there are still a few places left to attend on-site, get in touch and join us in Rotterdam 19-20 June!

#surveillance #AI #publicsafety #digitalcriminology #criminology

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Marc Schuilenburg @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social · May 16

The full program for our symposium - AI-Imaginations & Public Safety – at Erasmus University Rotterdam is now online!

Keynote speakers:
- David Lyon
- Mareille Kaufman
- Selmar Smit

Along with an excellent line-up of more than 30 speakers.

More info on the blogpost of AI-Maps: bitly.cx/hLHvl.

Unveiling the Program for AI-Imaginations and Public Safety Symposium, organized by AI-MAPS!

AI-MAPS is proud to present the full program for our upcoming symposium: AI-Imaginations and Public Safety

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Marc Schuilenburg @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social · May 16

The full program for our symposium - AI-Imaginations & Public Safety – at Erasmus University Rotterdam is now online!

Keynote speakers:
- David Lyon
- Mareille Kaufman
- Selmar Smit

Along with an excellent line-up of more than 30 speakers.

More info on the blogpost of AI-Maps: bitly.cx/hLHvl.

Unveiling the Program for AI-Imaginations and Public Safety Symposium, organized by AI-MAPS!

AI-MAPS is proud to present the full program for our upcoming symposium: AI-Imaginations and Public Safety

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Rosamunde Van Brakel @rosamundevb.bsky.social · May 13

Looking forward to #EUROCRIM2025 in Athens!

Very happy that all our panels on digital #criminology with a stellar line up of speakers have been accepted.

The collection of panels have been coordinated by Mareile Kaufmann, @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social and myself #digitalcriminology #surveillance

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Marc Schuilenburg @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social · May 7

AI in service of care and trust: “I no longer wanted to criticise from the sidelines, but contribute at the table."

Full interview here:
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AI in Service of Connection and Trust: “I no longer wanted to criticise from the sidelines, but contribute at the table”

Two-part series on the role of AI in policing – from control and prediction to connection and trust with Marc Schuilenburg, Professor of Digital Surveillance.

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