Introduction -- The Transition from the Industrial to the Digital Age -- Interdisciplinary Discussions of Privacy and its Loss -- Philosophical Debates About Privacy -- Privacy as a Legal and Constitutional Right -- National Security and the Expansion of Digital Surveillance -- The Legal Architecture Governing Mass State Surveillance -- Features of State Surveillance in the United States -- Surveilling the Most Vulnerable: The State and Refugees, Migrants, Dissidents and Minorities -- Global Digital Mass Surveillance Practices -- Representative Examples of State Surveillance Around the World -- The Rise of "Surveillance Capitalism" -- Conspiracy Theories and Other Impacts of the Social Media Platforms -- Surveillance Tools and the Coronavirus Pandemic: A Case Study -- Conclusion and Epilogue.
Summary:
"This book investigates the impact of the spread of digital technologies and practices, especially mass surveillance, on privacy and personhood. Lindau argues that the quest for prediction, certainty, and control at the heart of the state's security apparatus destroys an essential component of human dignity and fundamentally undermines liberalism"-- Provided by publisher.
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