BOOK
I am publishing a book on technology ethics later this year. Pre-order it here.
RADIO SPECIAL REPORT
I researched, wrote and presented “Parliament’s failure to update biometrics regulation risks unlawful use and allows inequality of rights for people — especially children — across the United Kingdom”, BBC World Service ‘Tech Tent’, 21 September 2018
OP-ED
“Facial Recognition Is Now Rampant. The Implications for Our Freedoms Are Chilling”, Guardian/Observer, 18 August 2019
“What Is It Like When Police Go Rogue in a Liberal Democracy? Look to Britain”, The Washington Post, 14 August 2019
“Scotland should lead, not lag, on UK biometrics”, The Herald, 20 September 2018
"We must face up to the threat posed by biometrics", Financial Times, 8 August 2018
Co-authored with Anne-Marie Slaughter, "Our Bodies or Ourselves: How the unchecked use of biometrics is changing the relationship between citizens and the state", Project Syndicate, 23 July 2018
INTERVIEWS
Conditiohumana.io, forthcoming
Deutsche Welle, ‘UK’s Upcoming Decision on Facial Recognition Technology Will Guide Democracies Everywhere”, forthcoming
BBC Radio Scotland, ‘Big Brother Watch Reveals Britain’s Facial Recognition Epidemic’, 16 August 2019
BBC Radio Foyle, ‘Big Brother Watch Reveals Britain’s Facial Recognition Epidemic’, 16 August 2019
BBC Radio 5 Live, ‘Debate with Emma Barnett and Alun Michaels of South Wales Police’, 12 August 2019
BBC Online, ‘Facial Recognition in King’s Cross Prompts Call for New Laws’, 13 August 2019
BBC World, The Briefing, ‘Facial recognition technology in London — secret, stealthy, and possibly illegal’, 13 August 2019
BBC One, ‘Facial recognition technology in London — is this legal? What are our rights?’, 12 August 2019
BBC Online, ‘King’s Cross Developer Defends Use of Facial Recognition’, 12 August 2019
Financial Times, ‘London’s King’s Cross Using Facial Recognition in Security Cameras’,12 August 2019
Financial Times, ‘How London Became a Test Case for Using Facial Recognition in Democracies’, 1 August 2019
Al-Jazeera, “All Hail the Algorithm: Is Biometric Technology Protecting or Seriously Compromising Our Privacy?”, 23 July 2019
BBC Radio 4, ‘Inside Science’, ‘Facial recognition technology: problems and opportunities’, 23 May 2019
Podcast with Brian Hill of The Data Lab, “Biometrics: use and legislation (or lack thereof) in the United Kingdom”, 23 May 2019
BBC World Service, 'Digital Planet’, 21 May 2019
BBC Radio Kent, ‘Liberty’s legal action against South Wales Police over facial recognition technology’, 21 May 2019
BBC Click, ‘Questions from the Public about Facial Recognition Technology in the UK’, 19 May 2019
BBC News, ‘Politics Live’, ‘Should the UK use facial recognition technology? If so, with what safeguards?’ 17 May 2019
DIGIT, “Sacrificing Freedom in the Name of Safety: The Biometrics Paradox”, 29 April 2019
BBC World Television, 'Your voice is biometric data, and that presents opportunities and risks for technology -- and a need for technology ethics and regulation at core', 21 August 2018
KEYNOTES
Keynote, ‘The UK Biometrics Strategy One Year On: Problems and Solutions’, RESET 2019, June 2019
Keynote, “Biometrics: Facial Technology on Trial”, CogX 2019, June 2019
Keynote, Facing Up to Biometrics, Human Entities (a series of public talks focused on the ways culture and technology shape and influence each other), for the art group CADA and the Lisbon Architecture Triennale, Lisbon, April 2019
Keynote, Why We Must Regulate the Use of Biometrics, DataFest19, Edinburgh, March 2019
GUEST EDITOR
Exponential View, “Biometric Surveillance, Caring Robots, Objective Science, Near-Death Experience, and Ketamine++ #224”, 30 June 2019
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