Buongiorno Daniela, Daniela Tafani <daniela.taf...@unipi.it> writes:
[...] > Michaela Padden, in un articolo del 2023, rende conto analiticamente del > fenomeno che descrivi, concentrandosi sui soli documenti OCSE > e mostrando come, nel corso di qualche decennio, abbia avuto luogo uno > slittamento nella rappresentazione della sorveglianza, > dapprima considerata caratteristica dei regimi totalitari, incompatibile con > la protezione dei diritti fondamentali e inaccettabile entro i sistemi > democratici > e poi, gradualmente - denominando "digitalizzazione" le medesime pratiche che > erano state indicate come "sorveglianza" - > presentata come foriera di efficienza, sicurezza, personalizzazione e altre > meraviglie. > > Michaela Padden, The transformation of surveillance in the digitalisation > discourse of the OECD: a brief genealogy, 2023, > <https://doi.org/10.14763/2023.3.1720> grazie per la segnalazione, l'ho archiviato è la perfetta descrizione della finestra di Overton in azione nelle /menti/ dei secondini, ops legislatori e regolatori in genere, manipolate da Loro™ ai fini archivistici, aggiungo un brevissimo estratto da Abstract e conclusioni --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- ABSTRACT In democratic states, mass surveillance is typically associated with totalitarianism. Surveillance practices more limited in their scope draw criticism for their potential to undermine democratic rights and freedoms and the functioning of representative democracies. Despite this, citizens living in political systems classed as democratic are increasingly subject to surveillance practices by both businesses and governments. This paper presents the results of a genealogy of OECD digitalisation discourse from the 1970s to the present to show how both harms and benefits of surveillance practices have been problematised. It shows how practices once considered unacceptable are increasingly portrayed as neutral, or even positive. A shift is identified from general agreement over the incompatibility of surveillance practices with democracy to greater acceptance of those practices when rebranded as tools to promote customisation, economic growth or public health. This transformation is significant because it: (1) shows the inherent instability of policies anchored to seemingly fixed or self-evident concepts such as ‘well-being’ or ‘public interest’; (2) highlights the fragility of democratic systems when things deemed harmful to their operation can be repurposed and subsequently permitted; and (3) highlights the contingency of (seemingly inevitable) surveillance practices, thereby opening up a space in which to challenge them. [...] The rebranding of surveillance practices in digitalisation discourse from something bad to something manageable, neutral, or even positive, is reliant upon the assumption that surveillance practices are themselves neutral. That is, in addition to being potentially dangerous they can be fair, ethical or trustworthy. Surveillance practices, once considered incompatible with democracy, are now considered one of many “ethical and fairness concerns” among which “respect for human rights and democratic values” are also included (OECD, 2019a, p. 16). This is very different from being considered fundamentally anti-democratic and therefore untenable. Instead, a “balancing act” is called for between opportunity and risk (OECD, 2019c). Whilst a balancing act has always taken place in the area of data protection and privacy, the balance lines have shifted: Problem representations of the “dangers” of computerisation have changed over time, or have been ‘invisibilised’, contributing not only to a greater tolerance of surveillance practices but to their promotion. --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- saluti, 380° -- 380° (Giovanni Biscuolo public alter ego) «Noi, incompetenti come siamo, non abbiamo alcun titolo per suggerire alcunché» Disinformation flourishes because many people care deeply about injustice but very few check the facts. Ask me about <https://stallmansupport.org>.
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