In this Episode of „This and That“ we aretalking about the surveillance in China and how it affects the citizens. Wewill talk about how China uses facial recognition to shame people and collecthuge amounts of data. We will also talk about the „Virtual Euro“ in the EU.

Resources:

1-https://www.cnet.com/news/politics/in-china-facial-recognition-public-shaming-and-control-go-hand-in-hand/

2-https://techhq.com/2023/08/why-is-china-is-changing-its-stance-on-facial-recognition-after-decades-of-surveillance/

3- Brown, T. G.,Statman, A., & Sui, C. (2021). Public Debate on Facial RecognitionTechnologies in China. MIT Case Studies in Social and Ethical Responsibilitiesof Computing, (Summer 2021). https://doi.org/10.21428/2c646de5.37712c5c

4-https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8739079/

5-https://www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/fileadmin/files/aam/Asia-Book_A_03_China_Social_Credit_System.pdf

6-https://www.dw.com/en/european-central-bank-moves-digital-euro-to-next-phase/a-67143744#:~:text=The%20EU%20has%20been%20looking,currency%20has%20not%20been%20made.&text=The%20European%20Central%20Bank%20took,of%20the%20euro%20on%20Wednesday.

7-https://edpb.europa.eu/news/news/2023/digital-euro-ensuring-highest-data-protection-and-privacy-standards_en

8-https://www.reuters.com/technology/china-drafts-rules-using-facial-recognition-technology-2023-08-08/

INTRO CREDIT:

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