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  • Responsible Innovation 2

    Concepts, Approaches, and Applications

    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book discusses issues regarding conceptualization, governance and implementation of responsible innovation. It treats different approaches to making responsible innovation a reality and it contains new case studies that illustrate challenges and solutions. Research on Responsible Innovation is by its nature highly multidisciplinary, and also pro-active, design-oriented and policy-relevant. ... Read more

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  • Engineering the Human

    Human Enhancement Between Fiction and Fascination

    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    The volume is collection of articles treating the topic of human improvement/enhancement from a variety of perspectives – philosophical, literary, medical, genetic, sociological, legal etc. The chapters in this volume treat not only those aspects that most immediately come to mind when one thinks of ‘human enhancement’, such as genetic engineering, cloning, artificial implants and artificial ... Read more

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  • Surveillance, Privacy and Public Space

    Series series Routledge Studies in Surveillance
    Today, public space has become a fruitful venue for surveillance of many kinds. Emerging surveillance technologies used by governments, corporations, and even individual members of the public are reshaping the very nature of physical public space. Especially in urban environments, the ability of individuals to remain private or anonymous is being challenged.Surveillance, Privacy, and Public Space ... Read more

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  • Responsible Innovation 1

    Innovative Solutions for Global Issues

    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book addresses the methodological issues involved in responsible innovation and provides an overview of recent applications of multidisciplinary research. Responsible innovation involves research into the ethical and societal aspects of new technologies (e.g. ICT, nanotechnology, biotechnology and brain sciences) and of changes in technological systems (e.g. energy, transport, agriculture and ... Read more

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  • Sweetie 2.0

    Using Artificial Intelligence to Fight Webcam Child Sex Tourism

    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book centres on Webcam Child Sex Tourism and the Sweetie Project initiated by the children’s rights organization Terre des Hommes in 2013 in response to the exponential increase of online child abuse. Webcam child sex tourism is a growing international problem, which not only encourages the abuse and sexual exploitation of children and provides easy access to child-abuse images, but which is ... Read more

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  • The Costs of Connection

    How Data Is Colonizing Human Life and Appropriating It for Capitalism

    Series series Culture and Economic Life
    Just about any social need is now met with an opportunity to "connect" through digital means. But this convenience is not free—it is purchased with vast amounts of personal data transferred through shadowy backchannels to corporations using it to generate profit. The Costs of Connection uncovers this process, this "data colonialism," and its designs for controlling our lives—our ways of knowing; ... Read more

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    Social media compile data on users, retailers mine information on consumers, Internet giants create dossiers of who we know and what we do, and intelligence agencies collect all this plus billions of communications daily. Exploiting our boundless desire to access everything all the time, digital technology is breaking down whatever boundaries still exist between the state, the market, and the ... Read more

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  • Surveillance, Privacy and Security

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  • Digital Criminology

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