Sociale controle en technologie. De casus politie en kinderporno op internet

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Social Control and Technology. The Case of Police and Child Pornography on the Internet. In Orwell's 1984, the Ministry of Love strictly supervised the community via so-called telescreens. Citizens were continuously observed by the Thought Police. In our society police computers have brought police officers rather than citizens under tighter control. The general rule seems to be this: it is people using a technology who are being subjected to greater discipline, instead of the ones the technology is aimed at. In this sense the Interrnet and mobile telephone mark the beginning of a new era. Citizens use these technologies frequently. As a consequence, their comings and goings are being registered on a day-to-day basis. However, 1984 is not yet here. First the Internet provides citizens with a considerable amount of freedom and secondly, the police are confronted with numerous problems in policing the Internet. Hence, the police are not (yet) able to use the Internet for supervising the community. 1 Table, 50 References. Adapted from the source document.