Counter-Terrorism, Ethics and Technology : : Emerging Challenges at the Frontiers of Counter-Terrorism.

• Superior document: Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications Series
• Author: Henschke, Adam.
• TeilnehmendeR: Reed, Alastair.; Robbins, Scott.; Miller, Seumas.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2021.; ©2021.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (231 pages)

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Contents
• Technology as Terrorism: Police Control Technologies and Drone Warfare
• 1 The Concept of Technology
• 1.1 Technology and Moral Mediation
• 1.2 Technology and Bias
• 1.3 What Is Terrorism?
• 2 Police Control Technologies as Terrorist Display
• 2.1 Riot Control Technologies
• 2.2 Tasers and Stun Guns
• 2.3 Implications
• 3 Drone Warfare
• 3.1 The US Drone Program
• 3.2 Drone Warfare as Terrorism
• 4 Conclusion: Terrorism from the Victim's Point of View
• References
• On the Moral Significance of Narrative, Imagery, and Social Signalling in Counterterrorism Targeted Killing Operations
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Irregular Warfare
• 3 Broad Counterterrorism Ethics Considerations
• 4 The Moral Significance of Narrative, Social Signalling, and Imagery
• 5 Application to Counterterrorism Drone Operations
• 6 Conclusion
• References
• Sunlight Glinting on Clouds: Deception and Autonomous Weapons Systems
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Autonomous Weapons Systems
• 3 Arguments Against the Use of Autonomous Weapons Systems
• 4 Deception in Armed Conflict
• 4.1 So, What Is Deception and Could a Weapon Be Deceived?
• 5 Deception and AWS
• 6 Conclusions
• References
• Weapons of Mass Destruction-Conceptual and Ethical Issues with Regard to terrorism
• 1 Introduction
• 2 The (Never-Ending) History of WMD and CBRN
• 3 Abandoning WMD Altogether?
• 4 WMD and Terrorism
• 5 Alternative Concepts for Terrorist Weapons of Mass Destruction
• 6 The Terrorist Weapon Rating System
• 7 Conclusion
• References
• Terrorism and the Internet of Things: Cyber-Terrorism as an Emergent Threat
• 1 Cyber Terrorism Has Not Taken Place
• 2 The IoT: Cyber-Physical Systems That Will Span The Globe
• 3 So What? An Inventory of Features
• 4 Will IoT Enabled Cyber-Attacks Be Acts of Terrorism?.
• 5 Ethics and Responsibilities for IoT Enabled Cyber-Terrorism
• References
• Facial Recognition for Counter-Terrorism: Neither a Ban Nor a Free-for-All
• 1 Introduction
• 2 The Basics of Facial Recognition
• 3 Arguments for an FRT Ban
• 3.1 Disparate Impact
• 3.2 Chills Behavior
• 3.3 Scope Creep
• 3.4 An Outright Ban
• 4 Conditions for the Use of Facial Recognition
• 4.1 Reasonable Expectation of Privacy
• 4.2 Cause for the State's Use of FRTs
• 4.3 Reliance on Third-Party Technology
• 5 Conclusion
• References
• The Rise of the Modern Intelligence State
• 1 Introduction
• 2 The Normalisation of Surveillance
• 2.1 Surveillance as Control
• 2.2 Ethical Boundaries of the Surveillance State
• 3 Technological Evolution of the Surveillance State
• 3.1 The Security State
• 3.2 The Surveillance State
• 3.3 The Intelligence State
• 4 The Dividual and the Intelligence State
• 4.1 The Transparent Self
• 4.2 Emerging Technologies of Control
• 5 Conclusions
• References
• "No Cracks, no Blind Spots, no Gaps": Technologically-Enabled "Preventative" Counterterrorism and Mass Repression in Xinjiang, China
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Chinese Colonialism and Uyghur 'Terrorism' in Xinjiang
• 3 China's Counterterrorism Policy: Toward 'Enduring Peace'
• 4 Seeing Like the CCP: 'Social Management', Counterterrorism and 'Re-Education'
• 5 Conclusion
• References
• Privacy, Encryption and Counter-Terrorism
• 1 Privacy/Confidentiality, Autonomy and Security
• 2 Encryption
• 3 Ethical Analysis
• References
• An End to Encryption? Surveillance and Proportionality in the Crypto-Wars
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Terrorist Use of E2EE
• 3 Countering E2EE
• 4 Privacy and E2EE
• 5 Security Versus Security
• 6 Proportionality
• 7 Maintaining Perspective
• 8 Conclusion
• References
• Who Should Regulate Extremist Content Online?.
• 1 Framing the Problem
• 2 The Status Quo: Regulation and Self-Regulation
• 3 Terrorism as a Driver for Deplatforming: From ISIS to Political Extremists
• 4 A Deeper Cut: De-Platforming the Platforms
• 5 Ethical Challenges
• 5.1 Moral Legitimacy of Private Actors
• 5.2 Concentration of Power
• 5.3 Lack of Separation of Power
• 6 Different Institutions, Different Ethical Responsibilities
• 7 Conclusion: Is Co-Regulation a Solution?
• References
• White Knights, Black Armour, Digital Worlds: Exploring the Efficacy of Analysing Online Manifestos of Terrorist Actors in the Counter Terrorism Landscape
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Background
• 3 Manifestos as the Script, Violence as the Final Act
• 4 Cues and Liner Notes: World-Building and Motivations of Terrorist Actors
• 5 Analysing BT's Manifesto
• 5.1 The Self as 'The Pseudocommando'
• 5.2 Intense Anger at Injustice and Seeking Revenge Against Others
• 5.3 Unbalanced Existential Concerns
• 6 The (Digital) World We Live in or the (Digital) Battleground We Fight in?
• 7 Conclusion
• References.