敬邀委員參與台灣科技與社會研究學會(Taiwan STS Association)的歐盟網路議題論壇

敬愛的委員,

本學會計畫邀請一位法國專家來分享法國與歐盟在此次疫情中關於數位足跡與隱私權議題的最新情況與討論,想請問是否有榮幸能邀請您也一起參與並分享台灣的做法?

敬附上時間與相關資訊,如果您有意願但時間上需要調整,我們很樂意盡量配合您。

謝謝您為台灣所做的一切,我們也會一起努力。

台灣STS學會 何撒娜 敬邀

時間:6/23 19:30-21:00 (Jitsi meet)
題目:“The resistible rise of proximity tracing. Mobile app surveillance in the time of Covid-19”
講員:Antonio A. Casilli (Telecom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris)

In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, a scientific and political controversy opposing conflicting approaches to automated contact tracing (i.e. proximity tracing) has erupted. Presented as an alternative to authoritarian tracking of citizens, tracing consists in identifying contacts between possible Covid-19 patients and notifying them. Historically carried out by health professionals, it is now presented as a technology-driven process where mobile phones record encrypted contacts between individuals, and notify them if someone is diagnosed Covid-positive. This solution has never proved efficient, arguably poses serious threats to individual privacy, and raises concerns in terms of social justice and equal access to healthcare. Nevertheless, political and corporate interests have played out in presenting it as the silver bullet in the fight of democratic countries against the pandemic. By focusing on the case of the French proximity tracing app (StopCovid), we will discuss centralized “sovereign” proximity tracing protocols, as well as decentralized (but Google-friendly) ones. Contact tracing mobile apps turn out to be an arena where diverging approaches to public health policies, individual autonomy, and the role of private companies in setting the agenda for nation states go head-to-head.

Antonio A. Casilli
Professor, Telecom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris
Member, Interdisciplinary Institute for Innovation (i3 UMR 9217 CNRS)
Associate Member, LACI-IIAC (EHESS)
Faculty Fellow, Nexa Center for Internet & Society