Raffaele F Ciriello

(he/him)
Policing capacity is stretched, so technology that promises to pinpoint gunfire is politically attractive. Thomas Quine/Wikimedia Commons

Did Cape Town’s gunshot detection system work? Why jury is still out on what ShotSpotter achieved

The issue is not whether cities should use technology for public safety, but how those technologies are chosen, evaluated and governed.
A protestor at an installation outside Westminster in London in October 2021, shortly before Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testified about the company’s pursuit of profit. Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

Digital Luddites are rising. They want to democratise tech, not destroy it

Like their predecessors in the 19th century, digital Luddites are fighting oppressive technology. Will they succeed?

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