It is a warning about privacy and the title of Andrew Guthrie Ferguson’s new book. In this seminar talk about the book, George Washington University Law Professor Ferguson warns us of how the rise of sensor-driven technology, social media monitoring, and artificial intelligence can be weaponized against democratic values and personal freedoms. At the same time, that data will solve crimes, radically transforming how criminal cases are prosecuted. Ferguson will explore how this proliferation of private data in combination with public surveillance networks promises new ways to solve previously unsolvable crimes but also leaves us vulnerable to governmental overreach and abuse. He will propose legal interventions that address the threat of digital self-surveillance and provide concrete suggestions about how legislators, judges, and communities should respond to the growing threats to privacy in the digital age.
Speaker
Andrew Guthrie FergusonProfessor of Law at GW Law