Surveillance of children has grown to mean far more than catching them on the CCTV security camera at the community store. Surveillance technologies have become more accessible and affordable to consumers, and monitoring with cameras and devices in the home has become a primary feature of modern childcare. Edward Snowden, Right Livelihood Laureate, is a new father who also happens to be an expert on privacy and counter-surveillance. He has generously accepted to be interviewed exclusively for this MOOC. Listen in to hear more about his opinions on protecting children’s privacy in the age of hyper-surveillance.

This lecture is part of the MOOC Children’s Rights and Technology in the Digital Age.

The Global Campus of Human Rights is an inter-disciplinary centre of excellence supported by the EU, aiming at pursuing the continued promotion of human rights and democratisation through education, specialised training, and research cooperation worldwide through a network of regional partners. Its main headquarters are based in Venice, and the regional partner’s headquarters are based in
Sarajevo/Bologna for South East Europe, in Yerevan for the Caucasus, in Pretoria for Africa, in Bangkok for Asia-Pacific, in Buenos Aires for Latin America and the Caribbean, and in Beirut for the Arab world.

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