Centre for Ethics's video: To Surveil and Predict: A Human Rights Analysis of Algorithmic Policing in Canada

► For the latest events, projects, podcasts, and more from the Centre for Ethics, visit http://ethics.utoronto.ca To Surveil and Predict: A Human Rights Analysis of Algorithmic Policing in Canada A collaboration between the International Human Rights Program and the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto, To Surveil and Predict: A Human Rights Analysis of Algorithmic Policing in Canada examines algorithmic technologies that are designed for use in criminal law enforcement systems in Canada. Algorithmic policing is an area of technological development that, in theory, is designed to enable law enforcement agencies to either automate surveillance or to draw inferences through the use of mass data processing in the hopes of predicting potential criminal activity. The report finds that the use of algorithmic policing technologies by law enforcement can raise many potential constitutional and civil liberties violations under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and international human rights law. In their presentation, the authors of this report discuss their findings, including what steps governments and the public in Canada should consider taking in light of human rights dangers at stake. ► A link to the report: https://citizenlab.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/To-Surveil-and-Predict.pdf Kate Robertson Markson Law Citizen Lab Research Fellow Cynthia Khoo Tekhnos Law Citizen Lab Research Fellow Yolanda Song Stevenson Whelton LLP Pro Bono IHRP Research Associate