Can spying be principled in this digital age?
The question of how far a state should authorise the peacetime collection and use of intelligence gathered by secret agents and by interception of communications has long been a thorny issue of public policy. Today, new ethical and legal questions arise from the ability to access in bulk personal information from social media and from Internet use and to apply artificial intelligence trained algorithms to mine data for intelligence and law enforcement purposes. In his talk Sir David Omand, a former director of GCHQ, will lay out an ethical framework for thinking about these powerful developments in modern digital intelligence.
Date: 11 June 2019, 17:30 (Tuesday, 7th week, Trinity 2019)
Venue: St Cross College, St Giles OX1 3LZ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Speaker: Professor Sir David Omand (King's College London)
Organising department: Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics
Organiser: Professor Seumas Miller (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Seumas Miller (University of Oxford)
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Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://bookwhen.com/uehiro#focus=ev-s0tj-20190611173000
Cost: Free
Audience: Public
Editor: Rachel Gaminiratne