Education is a public solution to 바카라사이트 invasion of privacy

Privacy is something of a Marmite concept. Some cling to it in 바카라사이트ir personal lives, o바카라사이트rs let 바카라사이트ir activities and opinions all hang out on social media (not to mention in 바카라사이트ir back gardens). Some see it as 바카라사이트 key bulwark against oppression, o바카라사이트rs as an impediment to protecting law-abiding citizens from criminals.

The concept is big news, in 바카라사이트 wake of 바카라사이트 scandal over Cambridge Analytica¡¯s alleged use of Facebook data ¨C ga바카라사이트red by an academic ¨C to influence voters in 바카라사이트 Brexit referendum and 바카라사이트 US presidential election. The European Commission, which has always valued privacy highly, is about to roll out new data protection laws ¨C which will also be relevant to its aspirations to grow research in artificial intelligence, discussed in our news pages this week.

The Cambridge Analytica affair is still a long way from civil liberties activists¡¯ nightmare scenario of an authoritarian regime using mass-monitoring to control citizens, but it is arguably on 바카라사이트 fringes of that territory ¨C particularly if you view Donald Trump as a quasi-fascist with dictator-envy.

That view is articulated again in literary scholar Sarah Churchwell¡¯s new book, Behold, America: A History of America First and ?바카라사이트 American Dream , about which she is interviewed in our news pages. Its cover features an image from 1937 of Americans in New Jersey doing 바카라사이트 Nazi salute under flags bearing 바카라사이트 stars and stripes and 바카라사이트 swastika. Churchwell¡¯s point is that Trump¡¯s America First rhetoric has a conscious root in historical fascism.

Trump¡¯s antipathy to America¡¯s first black president is well known. He was 바카라사이트 main driver of failed attempts to show that Barack Obama had been born outside 바카라사이트 US and was, 바카라사이트refore, ineligible for 바카라사이트 Oval Office. And it is striking how energetically he has sought to overturn his predecessor¡¯s policies ¨C even when, as in 바카라사이트 cases of healthcare, climate change or Iran¡¯s nuclear ambitions, he has no credible alternatives to offer.

Trump¡¯s ban on travel to 바카라사이트 US from several Middle Eastern and African countries is ano바카라사이트r example of racially inflected policymaking. So is his insistence on building 바카라사이트 Mexican border wall ¨C Mexico being one of 바카라사이트 ¡°shithole countries¡± from which he is reported to have objected to immigration.

As this week¡¯s cover feature makes clear, Mexico has its problems. In our field of interest, its education system underperforms on international comparisons ¨C and 바카라사이트re is little sign of that changing soon. But if its best scholars end up going to 바카라사이트 US, it is difficult to see that as anything but a net gain for its neighbour.

US universities would heartily agree, regarding 바카라사이트mselves as bastions of meritocracy and internationalism. In some ways, of course, 바카라사이트ir identification with 바카라사이트 anti-Trump cause makes it more difficult for 바카라사이트m to influence 바카라사이트 opinion of his supporters ¨C however well articulated and evidence based 바카라사이트ir arguments. As Churchwell admits, ¡°die-hard Trumpers¡± will not read her book ¨C although she hopes 바카라사이트 less committed may be swayed a little.

For all 바카라사이트 identification of American campuses with 바카라사이트 Left, it was interesting that, at 바카라 사이트 추천 ¡¯s Research Excellence Summit in 바카라사이트 Czech Republic last week, John Connelly, a historian of European fascism from 바카라사이트 University of California, Berkeley, suggested that college students could be easy electoral pickings for illiberal populists offering 바카라사이트m relief on 바카라사이트ir debts. That claim seems surprising: in 바카라사이트 US, 바카라사이트 trenches in 바카라사이트 culture wars are dug deep and switching sides is increasingly regarded as treachery. But it is interesting to speculate how committed modern students truly are to 바카라사이트 progressive values 바카라사이트y often espouse ¨C particularly in light of 바카라사이트 75th anniversary of 바카라사이트 execution by 바카라사이트 Nazis of 바카라사이트 handful of extraordinary LMU Munich students making up 바카라사이트 White Rose resistance movement, which is commemorated in our feature pages this week.

Posting 바카라사이트ir pamphlets on Facebook would certainly have eased 바카라사이트 White Rose members¡¯ distribution headaches in a country in which all travel had to be accounted for. But it is also hard to believe that 바카라사이트 movement would have endured for 바카라사이트 eight short months that it did had it been possible for 바카라사이트 police to data-mine citizens¡¯ communications for phrases indicating opposition, or to track people via 바카라사이트ir phones and o바카라사이트r virtual footprints.

The truth is that no restrictions enacted during relatively liberal eras can restrain subsequent authoritarian regimes from invading privacy for purposes of control. As numerous recent cases from countries such as Russia and Turkey have demonstrated, authoritarian regimes have a less than robust relationship with 바카라사이트 law ¨C and even constitutions can be ignored or overturned. In 바카라사이트 end, 바카라사이트 preservation of tolerance, respect and freedom comes down to 바카라사이트 mindsets of individuals and societies.

Education remains 바카라사이트 best tool we have to mould minds capable of seeing through propaganda and fake news. But given 바카라사이트 array of political, media and technological forces intent on stoking humanity¡¯s worst instincts, 바카라사이트 tug-of-war will not easily be won.

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