Lina Dencik: Citizen Scoring in the UK
Channel: Green European Foundation
Date: 2020-06-09

Presentation by Lina Dencik on the use of big data and algorithms for ‘scoring’ citizens by local authorities and police forces in the United Kingdom. What are the implications of citizen scoring for social justice and for state-citizen relations?


Dr Lina Dencik is Reader at Cardiff's School of Journalism, Media and Culture and Co-Founder/Director of the Data Justice Lab.

This presentation was part of the webinar Citizen scoring – towards a surveillance state for the poor?, organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of Wetenschappelijk Bureau GroenLinks on 3 April 2020.

More info: 
https://gef.eu/event/citizen-scoring-towards-a-surveillance-state-for-the-poor-webinar/
https://datajusticelab.org/data-scores-as-governance/ 

Read the Charter here: https://gef.eu/publication/a-charter-for-the-smart-city/