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Algorithmic Policing and Surveillance in Canada: The Defining Role of Reliability, Necessity, and Proportionality in 21st Century Oversight

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New research by the Citizen Lab and International Human Rights Program at University of Toronto documents a growing trend in law enforcement in Canada towards the use of algorithmic policing technology, including automated surveillance and "predictive policing". This talk focuses on how the use of algorithmic surveillance threatens fundamental freedoms protected under the Charter and international human rights law. The authors of the report, To Surveil and Predict: A Human Rights Analysis of Algorithmic Policing in Canada, discuss what oversight must look like in the 21st century, and the principles of reliability, necessity, and proportionality in law reform ahead.

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Kate Roberson is a criminal defence lawyer at Markson Law in Toronto and a Citizen Lab Research Fellow.

Cynthia Khoo is a Research Fellow at the Citizen Lab and a technology and human rights lawyer.

Yolanda Song is a civil litigation lawyer at Stevenson Whelton LLP in Toronto.