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RADIO SPECIAL REPORT
I researched, wrote and presented “Parliament’s failure to update biometrics regulation risks unlawful use and allows inequality of rights for people — especially children — across the United Kingdom”, BBC World Service ‘Tech Tent’, 21 September 2018
OP-ED
‘Give pause before you raise a glass to the prospect of a vaccine passport’, Observer, 27 March 2021
“When there’s an app that can save lives, there will be no need to download it out of a sense of duty”, Guardian/Observer, 31 May 2020
“Will London Become the Next Orwellian Surveillance City? We’re About to Find Out”, The Washington Post, 29 January 2020
“It’s Time for AI Ethics to Grow Up”, WIRED, 8 January 2019
“The Ethics of Facial Recognition”, WHICH? , December 2019
“These new rules were supposed to protect our privacy. They don’t work”, Guardian/Observer, 10 November 2019
“Facial Recognition Is Now Rampant. The Implications for Our Freedoms Are Chilling”, Guardian/Observer, 18 August 2019
“What Is It Like When Police Go Rogue in a Liberal Democracy? Look to Britain”, The Washington Post, 14 August 2019
“Scotland should lead, not lag, on UK biometrics”, The Herald, 20 September 2018
"We must face up to the threat posed by biometrics", Financial Times, 8 August 2018
Co-authored with Anne-Marie Slaughter, "Our Bodies or Ourselves: How the unchecked use of biometrics is changing the relationship between citizens and the state", Project Syndicate, 23 July 2018
INTERVIEWS
Guardian, “‘Conditioning an Entire Society’: The Rise of Biometric Data Technology"“, 26 October 2021
Computer Weekly, “Europe’s Proposed AI Regulation Falls Short on Protecting Rights”, 14 June 2021
BBC World Service, ‘Digital Planet’, “PimEyes: when does a tool/technology become a weapon?’, 19 May 2021
The Washington Post, “PimEyes: This facial recognition website can turn anyone into a cop — or a stalker”, 14 May 2021
National Geographic, “The daunting challenges surrounding vaccine passports”, 13 April 2021
New Scientist, “Is Police Use of Facial Recognition Now Illegal in the UK?”, 11 August 2020
Big Brother Watch podcast with Silkie Carlo and Evan Sellinger, ‘Covid-19 and the Rise of Biosurveillance’, 21 July 2020
CNN, ‘Amazon and Microsoft Stopped Working with Police on Facial Recognition. For Others, It’s Big Business’, 3 July 2020
BBC World Service, “Digital Planet”, ‘Is This the End of Facial Recognition?’,16 June 2020
BBC World Service, “Tech Tent”, ‘IBM, Amazon and Microsoft Will No Longer Sell Facial Recognition Technology to US Police Departments (But Read the Fine Print)’, 12 June 2020
Vodaphone Institute for Society and Communications, “Shaping a New Era: How Artificial Intelligence Will Impact the Next Decade”, 5 June 2020
BBC Radio Kent, ‘London Metropolitan Police Is Rolling Out Live Facial Recognition Technology’, 28 January 2020
BBC Radio 5 Live, London Metropolitan Police Announces Roll-Out of Live Facial Recognition Technology despite calls for a Moratorium’, 24 January 2020
BBC Radio Hereford and Worcester, London Metropolitan Police Announces Roll-Out of Live Facial Recognition Technology despite calls for a Moratorium’, 24 January 2020
BBC Radio London, London Metropolitan Police Announces Roll-Out of Live Facial Recognition Technology despite calls for a Moratorium’, 24 January 2020
BBC Radio 4, ‘Today programme’, Travelex ransomware, 8 January 2020
BBC World Service, ‘Digital Planet’, “Facial Recognition in China versus in liberal democracies”, 10 December 2019
Financial Times, “Facial Recognition: How China Cornered the Surveillance Market”, 6 December 2019
BBC World Service, ‘Tech Tent’, “Update on facial recognition technology in China, France, the UK”, 6 December 2019
BBC World, “New China law requires facial recognition to use the internet”, 30 November 2019
BBC Radio 4, ‘Today programme’, “New China law requires facial recognition to use the internet”, 30 November 2019
BBC Radio Surrey, ‘Facial recognition technology: what are the risks and opportunities and how does the UK compare to the rest of the world?”, 28 November 2018
BBC News, ‘Uber loses London licence and confirms plans to start using facial recognition technology’, 25 November 2019
BBC World Service, Digital Planet, “CrimeTech”, 5 November 2019
Army Technology, “Facial Recognition: Essential for Security or Bordering on Big Brother?” 28 October 2019
BBC Radio 4, “Beyond Today”, ‘Who Controls Our AI Future?’, 11 October 2019
Deutsche Welle, ‘UK’s Upcoming Decision on Facial Recognition Technology Will Guide Democracies Everywhere’, 10 October 2019
BBC One, ‘Breakfast’, ‘Facial Recognition in the United Kingdom vs the United States: why we need a democratic debate for surveillance technologies”, 14 September 2019
BBC World Service, ‘World Business Report’, “The Biometric Future of Shopping”, 10 September 2019
BBC World Service, ‘Tech Tent’, “What to do about facial recognition use by the police and the private sector?”. 5 September 2019
BBC Online, “Met Police Gave Images for King’s Cross Facial Recognition Scans”, 4 September 2019
New York Post, “Amazon Tests Whole Foods Payment System that Uses Hands as ID”, 3 September 2019
BBC Online, “King’s Cross: Facial Recognition Last Used in 2018”, 2 September 2019
CNBC, “Tech Giants Want Rules on Facial Recognition, but Critics Warn that Won’t Be Enough”, 30 August 2019
BBC Radio Scotland, ‘Big Brother Watch Reveals Britain’s Facial Recognition Epidemic’, 16 August 2019
BBC Radio Foyle, ‘Big Brother Watch Reveals Britain’s Facial Recognition Epidemic’, 16 August 2019
BBC Radio 5 Live, ‘Debate with Emma Barnett and Alun Michaels of South Wales Police’, 12 August 2019
BBC Online, ‘Facial Recognition in King’s Cross Prompts Call for New Laws’, 13 August 2019
BBC World, The Briefing, ‘Facial recognition technology in London — secret, stealthy, and possibly illegal’, 13 August 2019
BBC One, ‘Facial recognition technology in London — is this legal? What are our rights?’, 12 August 2019
BBC Online, ‘King’s Cross Developer Defends Use of Facial Recognition’, 12 August 2019
Financial Times, ‘London’s King’s Cross Using Facial Recognition in Security Cameras’,12 August 2019
Financial Times, ‘How London Became a Test Case for Using Facial Recognition in Democracies’, 1 August 2019
Al-Jazeera, “All Hail the Algorithm: Is Biometric Technology Protecting or Seriously Compromising Our Privacy?”, 23 July 2019
BBC Radio 4, ‘Inside Science’, ‘Facial recognition technology: problems and opportunities’, 23 May 2019
Podcast with Brian Hill of The Data Lab, “Biometrics: use and legislation (or lack thereof) in the United Kingdom”, 23 May 2019
BBC World Service, 'Digital Planet’, 21 May 2019
BBC Radio Kent, ‘Liberty’s legal action against South Wales Police over facial recognition technology’, 21 May 2019
BBC Click, ‘Questions from the Public about Facial Recognition Technology in the UK’, 19 May 2019
BBC News, ‘Politics Live’, ‘Should the UK use facial recognition technology? If so, with what safeguards?’ 17 May 2019
DIGIT, “Sacrificing Freedom in the Name of Safety: The Biometrics Paradox”, 29 April 2019
BBC World Television, 'Your voice is biometric data, and that presents opportunities and risks for technology -- and a need for technology ethics and regulation at core', 21 August 2018
KEYNOTES
Debate, ‘We Are the Architect of Our Own Demise’, Oxford Union, 13 February 2020
Keynote, ‘Facing Up to Facial Recognition in the UK’, Oxted, November 2019
Keynote, ‘Technology Ethics for Business and Government’, Chartered Institute of Public Relations, November 2019
Keynote, ‘Inside the Chaos Factory: Towards a New Technology Ethics’, Royal College of Art, November 2019
Keynote, ‘Law and Order: Technology, Ethics and Policing by Consent’, ValidateAI, The Royal Society, November 2019
Keynote, ‘Why the UK Needs to Update its Biometrics Law and Protect Our Civil Liberties’, BBC ‘Emerging Technologies’ conference, London, October 2019
Keynote, ‘The UK Biometrics Strategy One Year On: Problems and Solutions’, RESET 2019, June 2019
Keynote, “Biometrics: Facial Technology on Trial”, CogX 2019, June 2019
Keynote, Facing Up to Biometrics, Human Entities (a series of public talks focused on the ways culture and technology shape and influence each other), for the art group CADA and the Lisbon Architecture Triennale, Lisbon, April 2019
Keynote, Why We Must Regulate the Use of Biometrics, DataFest19, Edinburgh, March 2019
GUEST EDITOR
Exponential View, “Biometric Surveillance, Caring Robots, Objective Science, Near-Death Experience, and Ketamine++ #224”, 30 June 2019
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