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ABSTRACT
Big data, artificial intelligence, and increasingly precise biometric techniques have given state and private organizations unprecedented scope and power for the surveillance and dataveillance of migrants. In many cases, these technologies have evolved faster than our legal, political, and ethical mechanisms. This paper, drawing on current discussions of justice and non-domination, proposes a non-domination-based ethics of digital surveillance and mobility, in which the legitimacy of these technologies depends on their avoidance of the arbitrary use of power. This allows us to ethically assess new technologies and justify juridical, democratic, and administrative mechanisms.
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1 For discussion, see Arnold and Harris Citation2017.
2 The connection between citizenship and political rights is not a necessary one and there are many examples of non-citizen voting. Pedroza (Citation2019) provides an important overview and analysis of immigrants’ voting rights around the world.
3 Margaret Hu (Citation2013, 1523–1528) provides a valuable overview of government biometric database programs and immigration-related biometric screen programs.
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Alex Sager
Alex Sager is Professor of Philosophy and Executive Director of University Studies at Portland State University. He is the author of Against Borders: Why the World Needs Free Movement of People (Rowman and Littlefield International, 2020) and Toward a Cosmopolitan Ethics of Mobility: The Migrant’s-Eye View of the World (Palgrave Pivot, 2018).