How data-driven tech used for tracking and predicting the movement of refugees and migrants across Europe is being repurposed to track the spread of COVID-19
The pandemic has given a boost to controversial data-driven initiatives to track population movements Tweets: @tbij , @guengl , @nowviskie , @linnetelwin , @iang_fc , @isaacriveraj , @hypervisible , @nattyray11 , @drbenhayes , and @raineri_lu Tweets: @tbij : “It is vital we ensure that invasive surveillance measures do not become normalised”. Tech used to track refugees and migrants is now being pitched as a tool to fight #Covid19 - but what does that mean for privacy? A new piece by @cr0ft0n: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/ ... https://twitter.com/... @guengl : Using #AI & mobile data for aid, food & vaccines for the vulnerable is one thing.... In this worrying @TBIJ/@euobs exposé, EU agencies like @esa have been eager to use #BigData to track population movements - long before #COVID19 pandemic. More ⤵️ https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/ ... https://twitter.com/... Bethany Nowviskie / @nowviskie : On the darkest timeline, we'll normalize surveillance technologies designed for genocide while neglecting infrastructures that nurture, protect, & heal: “the pandemic as a problem of people management rather than a problem of building response capacity.” (Let's not.) https://twitter.com/... Linnet Taylor / @linnetelwin : detailed, smart report from @cr0ft0n: to understand the implications of new #Covid19 tracking tech, we just have to look at existing migration tracking projects. illegality and group-level risk are the norm, and facilitating pop. control, not preparedness, is where the $$ are: https://twitter.com/... Iang / @iang_fc : Monitoring being pitched to fight Covid-19 was tested on refugees The pandemic has given a boost to controversial data-driven initiatives to track population movements https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/ ... Isaac Rivera / @isaacriveraj : To refuse the normalization of surveillance would require a critique of the settler-state, which proliferated borders though racial capitalism, making the category of “migrant” possible. https://twitter.com/... @hypervisible : “...governments are focusing on the pandemic as a problem of people management rather than a problem of building response capacity.” https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/ ... Nathaniel Raymond / @nattyray11 : Important reporting by the indomitable @cr0ft0n on the ethical-legal risks and challenges of using action-based data to track populations. I'm in the peanut gallery providing commentary in this article with @linnetelwin @seanmmcdonald https://twitter.com/... Ben Hayes / @drbenhayes : Some interesting takes in here. Not sure “GDPR is already dead, stuffed and mounted” but fair to say it hasn't been much help to migrants or refugees, who once again find themselves the “problem” that big tech solutions are searching for. More great research from @cr0ft0n @tbij https://twitter.com/... LucaRaineri / @raineri_lu : 1/4 An amazing piece, tying together the two major recent crises that #EuropeanUnion went through: #Refugees and #COVID19. The hi-tech surveillance tools pitched to fight the latter had been tested on the former. https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/ ...