In this brief, the authors outline the risks that smart city technologies pose to human rights as set out in Canadian law. At the fundamental level, local government staff must uphold human rights or otherwise risk legal repercussions and public backlash. In a more proactive framing, this brief explores smart city projects from a different […]
Category: Ethics
Smart Home Technology Facilitated Violence
This research brief describes the challenges that arise when smart home technologies are used for abuse and violence, which is known as smart home technology-facilitated violence (SH-TFV). As the adoption of IoT devices such as smart cameras, smart speakers and smart doorbells grows, this issue becomes increasingly urgent for multiple levels of government. This brief […]