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https://www.utwente.nl/en/stories/science/190728/how-big-tech-is-weaponising-public-opinion/?tag=digitalisation&tag=technology

UT philosophy professor Adam Henschke interviewed about "How Big Tech is weaponising public opinion"

Dr. Adam Henschke, Assistant Professor at the Philosophy Section of the University of Twente, has recently been interviewed by UT Stories on "How Big Tech is weaponising public opinion":

“If we manipulate, deceive, or exploit people, we treat them like tools, so we undermine their human dignity. The foundation of a liberal democracy is political autonomy—people’s ability to decide what happens in that democracy. When that autonomy is undermined—whether by distorting information or manipulating public opinion - it contradicts the values we claim to be important.”

Dr. Adam Henschke

To read the rest of the interviewhttps://www.utwente.nl/en/stories/science/190728/how-big-tech-is-weaponising-public-opinion/

Bio:

Dr. Adam Henschke is an Assistant Professor with the Philosophy Section at the University of Twente. He is an applied ethicist, working at the intersection of ethics, technology, and national security policy. His recent work has looked at ethical issues with intelligence institutions, and with the ethical and political concepts relating to cognitive warfare. He has written extensively on the ethics of military conflict, cybersecurity, terrorism/counter-terrorism, surveillance, human military enhancement, cyber-physical systems, and medical ethics. His current research concerns the ethical and political challenges facing liberal democracies when they seek to protect against cognitive warfare and the problem of ‘brainwashing’.