‘DIGITAL POLICE’ –

AND WHAT DO CITIZENS

DO ABOUT IT?

Prof. Petra Saskia Bayerl,

CENTRIC, Sheffield Hallam University

Unintended consequences:

Security measures make

citizens feel unsafe

Felt need to protect personal

data

modification falsification exit

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Croatia Bulgaria Estonia Germany Greece Italy

Acceptability of Artificial Intelligence to

automate identification of suspects and

criminal material

Citizens Professionals

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Willingness to share information

Tendency to falsfify information

Impact of organisation collecting information

Advertiser (purpose not named) Advertiser (marketing)

Police (purpose not given) Police (security)

Bayerl et al., 2018

Moers, 2016

CONTACT:

PROF. P. SASKIA BAYERL

RESEARCH LEAD CENTRIC

EMAIL: P.S.BAYERL@SHU.AC.UK

Surveillance awareness changes a population’s behaviour – consciously and unconsciously, online and offline.

How do we account for this in the development and use of security measures?