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• Live facial recognition


  System identifies people on a 'watchlist' and alerts officers if a match is found
• New digital technologies are developed very quickly, however, they often raise serious ethical concerns to many people
• Internet addiction


  • Many users of social networks have symptoms similar to an addiction
  • Software is often designed with features that make people want to use it more
• What limits, if any, should be placed on companies and the way they design their software?
• Amazon fulfilment centres


  • Robots move products on shelves to pickers, making the pickers far more efficient
• Jobs that robots can do

  • Build cars
  • Allow customers to order their own food in fast food restaurants
  • Clean hotel rooms
• • In 2018, more than 11 million service robots were sold
  • By 2022, it is estimated that more than 60 million service robots will be sold each year
• Are any groups of people particularly likely to be affected by these changes?
• Healthcare apps


  • More than 300,000 healthcare apps for smartphones
  • By 2020, more than 50% of smartphone users have downloaded a health app
• Wearable technology


  • Can offer continuous, long-term monitoring
  • Can lead to improvements in the way that diseases like epilepsy, asthma and diabetes are managed
• Mabu, the healthcare robot


  • Sits on the owner's bedside table as a 'personal healthcare companion'
  • Intended for patients managing chronic diseases
  • Talks to patients and reminds them to take their medication
• Scientists warn of the dangers of overusing robots looking after children - "We already see the overuse of robots looking after children – we expect severe attachment disorders that could wreak havoc in our society"
• Digital divide


  • Difference between those who have and don't have access to technology, including internet connection speed, mobile phone signal, and 4G signal
  • Also a divide between other groups such as elderly and people in poverty
• Rural internet speeds


  • Kingsclere in Huntington (York) averaged 0.14 Mb/s
  • Darwin Street in Livingston averaged 183 Mb/s
• Often places in the countryside only have access to Internet slower than 1 Mb/s
• What information and services will they struggle to access?
• How would this affect someone starting a business?
• Remote working


  • In 2020, more than two-thirds of UK companies allow staff to work remotely
  • 70% of 18-34 year olds already regularly work remotely
• Social networks are able to remove users who post or say things that go against their policies, even if the user hasn't broken any laws
• Reasons why this can be considered ethical

  • The companies are private so should be able to decide who uses their service
  • Removing certain users can make the environment safer or more pleasant for other users
• Reasons why this can be considered unethical

  • A few people can control the views of billions of others
  • With very few social media channels, removal from just a few denies people any ability to participate in social media