SSC Seminar Series: Didier Bigo & Elspeth Guild

Macdonald Hall 300 (Faculty of Law) NEW location
12:30 - 1:30 pm

November 6:
Didier Bigo, Professor, Department of War Studies, King's College London
and
Elspeth Guild, Professor, School of Law, Queen Mary, University of London

Implications of Cyber Mass Surveillance for Sovereignty, Security, Freedom, Fundamental Rights and Democracy after the revelation of the secret programs: PRISM, Tempora

What do we know concerning the surveillance programs spearheaded by the NSA? What they do (and do not), what fears have been generated by the revelation concentrating first on the specificities of cyber mass surveillance? What is the legality and legitimacy of the programmes?

Everyone welcome!