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.

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.

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:

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

In our new piece in @survstudiesnet.bsky.social, we unpack how Tesla and its car fleet became the blueprint for luxury surveillance, operating as machines that seduce users with innovation while quietly disciplining them. You can read our article on the 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗿 here: lnkd.in/eh6H8rry.

How to resist digital surveillance of everyday life? Knit, Code, Resist. Great initiative: matildaarvidsson.com/knit-code-re...

Seizoen zit erop. Kansloos vandaag.

Very happy to co-organise this great event with such an exciting programme and stellar keynotes! Also there are still a few places left to attend on-site, get in touch and join us in Rotterdam 19-20 June! #surveillance #AI #publicsafety #digitalcriminology #criminology @crisresearch.bsky.social

The full program for our symposium - AI-Imaginations & Public Safety – at Erasmus University Rotterdam is now online! Keynote speakers: - David Lyon - Mareille Kaufman - Selmar Smit Along with an excellent line-up of more than 30 speakers. More info on the blogpost of AI-Maps: bitly.cx/hLHvl.

Looking forward to #EUROCRIM2025 in Athens! Very happy that all our panels on digital #criminology with a stellar line up of speakers have been accepted. The collection of panels have been coordinated by Mareile Kaufmann, @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social and myself #digitalcriminology #surveillance

AI in service of care and trust: “I no longer wanted to criticise from the sidelines, but contribute at the table." Full interview here: www.eur.nl/en/esl/news/...

Yet another example of how private tech companies — not the government boogeyman — is the force in society most aggressively expanding the surveillance apparatus because it serves their bottom lines and gets justified as convenience.

Wow the cover of the 1973 Hew Report (precursor to 1974's Data Privacy Act) is *wild*. ia601702.us.archive.org/8/items/reco...

The Limits of Predictive Policing: “Human behaviour is not as predictable as people think”

De politie leunt steeds zwaarder op geautomatiseerde analyses van de enorme hoeveelheden informatie die zij over mensen verzamelt. De politiedatabanken zitten alleen vol met onrechtmatige gegevens. Experts waarschuwen: dit kan leiden tot onterechte verdenkingen van onschuldige burgers.

In this new article, we explore aspects of government automation that complicate various dimensions of equity and digital inclusion as well as propose mitigating mechanisms that can improve digital government inclusion. You can read it here:

Onlangs las ik het boekje "Making surveillance public: Why we should be more woke about about AI and algorithms" van @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social en kwam ik te weten dat er naast vingerafdrukken ook zoiets als anusafdrukken bestaat🤔 Lees mijn review nu in Panopticon👇 of beter nog, het boek zelf.

The system working as intended.

The second and expanded edition of ‘Making Surveillance Public’ is out this week. Including a new chapter on AI-Crime. More info: rb.gy/scco2u.

At the end of the film, Samantha reveals to Theodore that she’s been simultaneously chatting with more than 8,000 others— and she’s in love with more than 600 of them. variety.com/2025/film/ne...

My new piece in @theguardian.com Techno-optimism is human pessimism. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

'Multiple Dutch universities have announced reorganisations that are likely to involve layoffs, in the wake of drastic government budget cuts that will amount to about €500 million (£414 million) a year across higher education and research.' 1/2

Alert! Call for Abstracts – One week left! Submit your abstract on “AI-Imaginations: The Future of AI & Public Safety” - a two-day conference, at Erasmus University Rotterdam, June 19 & 20, 2025. Keynote speakers: Mareille Kaufman (University of Oslo) Selmar Smit (TNO) Info: shorturl.at/43RWk

Fraai afscheidscadeau van @lotfielhamidi.bsky.social Persoonlijk en betrokken stuk over zijn achtbaan, lezen! www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

Come and join us 19-20 June in Rotterdam for a great international transdisciplinary symposium on how we can reimagine #AI for public safety with stellar keynotes by Mareille Kaufman (University of Oslo) and Selmar Smit (TNO)! deadline 15 February! all information here: shorturl.at/43RWk

Join us in Rotterdam! #criminology #AI #surveillance

Call for Abstracts – one month left! Submit your abstract on “AI-Imaginations: The Future of AI & Public Safety” - a two-day conference, at Erasmus University Rotterdam, June 19 & 20, 2025. Keynote speakers include: Mareille Kaufman (University of Oslo) Selmar Smit (TNO) Info: shorturl.at/43RWk

Mareile Kaufmann, @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social and I are organising a number of panels on digital criminology at #EUROCRIM2025, please get in touch if you are interested to join one of these panels #digitalcriminology #crimsky #criminology

Exciting that @criterion.bsky.social has a curated list of “Surveillance” related films! Their list, which includes THX1130, Citizen Four, The Conversation, The Anderson Tapes, & others inspired me to post a 🧵 with my own surveillance-related film picks www.criterionchannel.com/surveillance...

“I stick to my strengths” 🤣 #CalvinandHobbes

Interview over geschiedenis van het preventie-denken en rol van ‘coding elite’ in het ontwerp van AI: “Representativiteit is dan een probleem, wat de uitkomsten kan beïnvloeden.” marcschuilenburg.nl/wp-content/u...