Surveillance and Power


Surveillance States and Power

In the video I put into this blog, I discuss the surveillance state in China and how power is transmitted through this medium. Surveillance technology (as well as technology in general) is getting exceedingly advanced with each passing year. This advancement in tech can be used to either benefit or repress society with increasing ease/efficiency. This leads us to naturally think about how technology is used to influence our lives and whether the widespread use of the average person's data by companies and governments is ethical. In the following video, I go into further detail about this topic to stir ideas about power and how, as Foucault would describe it, power is "everywhere".


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  1. Language and PowerSeptember 22, 2022 at 11:28 AM

    Hi Denis,
    I like that you described surveillance technology and the power that comes from it as a grey area. I think anything that gives power is not innately good or bad, it all just depends on how the people with power choose to use it. I also think you used some good examples to demonstrate this. For example, shadow banning on TikTok which can be used to suppress freedom of speech or to stop he spread of misinformation making it a neutral area.

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