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Ben Collier

Ben Collier

Ben Collier is a lecturer in digital methods at the University of Edinburgh who researches how digital infrastructures become implicated in crime, harm and power.

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The UK Uses Targeted Facebook Ads To Deter Migrants. Now Meta Is Releasing the Data

The UK Uses Targeted Facebook Ads To Deter Migrants. Now Meta Is Releasing the Data

Social media platforms have woven sophisticated surveillance and influence technologies directly into the fabric of our day-to-day lives. This is nothing new, as we all know from the ubiquitous ads that most of us have learned to tune out. But what has previously been hidden from sight is that this same technology is now being used by governments, giving them powers they didn’t have before.

Ben Collier
Governments Try to Fight Crime via Google Ads

Governments Try to Fight Crime via Google Ads

Pervasive use of strategic communications in preventing radicalization has been adopted wholesale by other areas of law enforcement, despite a lack of evidence or understanding of potential harm.

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