Watch it! Resident on the lookout. Design of a support service for neighborhood WhatsApp groups to improve safety Thesis by Welke Wennekers (TU Delft Industrial Design Engineering) In the coalition agreement (May 2018) the municipality of The Hague has expressed that they want to support…
Should we be able to say what we want online? Politics, cyber-bullying and hate speech. The balance between free speech and online abuse is getting harder to define and police. What can and should be done to tackle it In this Data Debate we will discuss trolling: the practice of online…
This two-day symposium considers online forms of shaming and denunciations, and features research from scholars looking at a global range of cases. Today’s media landscape allows for scrutiny and intervention in the lives of others. Both police and the press are aided and even supplanted by…
Research of Martijn Wessels shows how police officers can deal with artificial intelligence within the polcie organisation. As a case study he examined the predictive policing system CAS. Below is a summary of the results and full report to read or download.” Law enforcement agencies around the…
A new app allows users not only to find the quickest way to get to their destination, but the safest one. Safe & The City compiles data from local police as well as user submissions to alert users to which streets have had crimes and incidents of sexual harassment. The app vibrates when someone…
Imagine: just got home from a party and it looks like you’ve been burgled. The traces left by someone trying to break in are clearly visible. Major adrenaline rush. You’re going to track down that burglar! But how do you do that? Well, with the Sherlock “citizen investigation” app developed by…
