Technology-based surveillance sorts people socially rather than reducing bias.
Evidence
Utilizing these lists does not curtail terrorism but rather justifies discriminatory practices by the state. Profiling in airports also creates a sense of distrust between communities of color and law enforcement (Ramirez, Hoopes, and Quinlan 2011). Lyon argues that in a post-9/11 society, the reliance on technology for surveillance has not made surveillance less biased but produced a system of social sorting: “[Passengers] … are coded to categorize personal data such that people thus classified may be treated differently. People from suspect countries of origin or with suspect ethnicities can expect different treatment from others” (2007: 162). — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 221
Categorization
- XREF: Lyon’s social sorting concept parallels the reader’s ‘Global Racial Enemy’ framing and connects to other surveillance scholarship. — connects to: Technology acceptance depends on whose interests it serves, not the technology itself. — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 21; Emerging technologies can obscure important social responsibilities. — Emily M. Bender, Alex Hanna, The AI Con- How to Fight Big Tech’s…, 431; Technology increases rather than eliminates the need for trust — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 130 (+4 more)
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 221
- recurring: this claim recurs 3 times within its source
Broader Connections
- Technology increases rather than eliminates the need for trust
#expands(0.78) — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 130