Technology and the Surveillance state.

Technology is advancing at a rapid pase. What does all this new technology mean for our safety and our privacy? What is our probable future In a world that is becoming as technologically advance as we are?

Join us October 10th and debate the meaning of this technology, and how we decide it should be used.

Pro-

Mass surveillance is often claimed by its proponents as necessary to fight terrorism (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism), to prevent social unrest (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_unrest), to protect national security (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_security), to fight child pornography (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_pornography) and protect children (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_protection).

Con-

Mass surveillance is widely criticized as a violation of privacy (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privacy) rights, for limiting civil and political rights and freedoms (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_and_political_rights), and for being illegal under some legal or constitutional systems. There is a fear that increasing mass surveillance will ultimately lead to a totalitarian state (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarianism) where political dissent is undermined by COINTELPRO (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO)-like programs. Such a state may also be referred to as a surveillance state (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_surveillance#Surveillance_state) or an electronic police state (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_surveillance#Electronic_police_state).