CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
Harmful Policing
10-11-2026 | Erasmus University Rotterdam
Following the success of two AI-symposiums, Dutch Surveillance Studies is organizing a third symposium: ‘Harmful Policing’. We are delighted to invite submissions exploring the increased digitization of policing and harm.
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
Harmful Policing
10-11-2026 | Erasmus University Rotterdam
Following the success of two AI-symposiums, Dutch Surveillance Studies is organizing a third symposium: ‘Harmful Policing’. We are delighted to invite submissions exploring the increased digitization of policing and harm.
Fantastisch concert in Rotterdam van the Mozzer.
Het enthousiasme was groot over misdaadvoorspellende AI-systemen. 'Misdaad voorspellen: het kan echt!' kopte NRC bv ooit. Nu heeft de politie het criminaliteits anticipatie systeem (CAS) in alle stilte stopgezet. Het werkte niet, maar bracht wel schade toe www.volkskrant.nl/tech/politie...
De Nederlandse Politie is gestopt met het Criminaliteits Anticipatie Systeem (CAS). Met OxRec is dit in korte tijd het tweede voorspellende systeem in de strafketen dat is beëindigd. Interview in @volkskrant.nl over achtergrond van dit alles:
Publieksevenement: de “Slimme” Deurbel?!
Op 24 maart as. organiseert het Slimme Deurbellen Consortium in Amsterdam een evenement over “slimme” deurbellen. Sprekers zijn o.a. @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social, Sander Flight en Renske Heijungs. Meer informatie en aanmelden: privacyfirst.nl/artikelen/pu...
Image of book cover: Watching Women by Stephanie Brown
Steph Brown [@stephjayb.bsky.social] has just won the 2025 Surveillance Studies Book Prize for Watching Women: Militant Suffragists Write the British Surveillance State, 1905–1924. This is an incredible book that everyone should read. Congrats, Steph!!
ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...
I edited a Special Issue of European Journal of Policing Studies on “Lived Experiences in Digitalized Policing and AI Surveillance".
Featuring six empirical studies on AI-tools and public safety.
Here you can read the Introduction: ap.lc/IisrG.
And the complete SI: ap.lc/dwkYK.
"Geen onderwerp dat de zenuw van hysterie zo sterk raakt als de komst van nieuwkomers naar ons land."
Can't wait to welcome surveillance scholars in Lille for #SSN2026! It will be held for the first time in 🇫🇷, hosted by @univcatholille.bsky.social with @istc.bsky.social as partner.
🌍 Planetary Surveillance
📍 Lille | 🗓️ 9–12 June 2026
📝 CfP deadline: Jan 10
🔗 lnkd.in/dacsjrgB
Submit and join us!
Certain models, in particular Grok 4 and GPT-o3, still attempted to sabotage shutdown instructions in the updated setup. Concerningly, wrote Palisade, there was no clear reason why.
A must listen for anyone interested how AI creates new surveillance opportunities.
Meanwhile, in luxury surveillance.
This one shoots pictures down at what is inside the bowl, sending the snaps to an app that analyzes stool samples and rates your gut health. The Dekoda can be yours for $599, plus an annual subscription fee.
Ring’s cooperation with law enforcement has resurfaced privacy concerns that have followed the devices for years.
I can recommend this one, take care!
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...
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.
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.
🗣️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...
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
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
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/...
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
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...
How the Amazon Ring reframes mundane interactions into surveillance opportunities.
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 ...
www.centre-for-bold-cities.nl/news/in-the-...
Meanwhile, in the Tour de France.
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:
Map of USA showing automated license plate reader (ALPR) networks. From flock.ajith.fyi.
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
