ABSTRACT

This book analyses the arrival of emerging and traditional information and technology for public and economic use in Latin America. It focuses on the governmental, economic and security issues and the study of the complex relationship between citizens and government.

The book is divided into three parts:

• ‘Digital data and privacy, prospects and barriers’ centers on the debates among the right of privacy and the loss of intimacy in the Internet,

• ‘Homeland security and human rights’ focuses on how novel technologies such as drones and autonomous weapons systems reconfigure the strategies of police authorities and organized crime,

• ‘Labor Markets, digital media and emerging technologies’ emphasize the legal, economic and social perils and challenges caused by the increased presence of social media, blockchain-based applications, artificial intelligence and automation technologies in the Latin American economy.

This first volume in a two volume set will be important reading for scholars and students of governance in Latin American, the protection of human rights and the use of technology to combat crime and the new advances of digital economy in the region.

part I|50 pages

Digital data and privacy, prospects, and barriers

chapter 2|15 pages

The reception of sexual messages among young Chileans and Uruguayans

Predictive factors and perception of harm1

chapter 3|15 pages

Small Data, Big Data, and the ethical challenges for a fragmented developing world

Peru's need for diversity-aware public policies on information technologies and practices

chapter 4|18 pages

Open government, dilemmas, and innovation at the local level

Comparing the cases of Austin, Buenos Aires, and Madrid

part II|46 pages

Homeland security and human rights, a questioned balance?

chapter 5|15 pages

Ethical controversies about Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems

Views of small South American states

chapter 6|15 pages

From sensationalist media to the narcocorrido

Drones, sovereignty, and exception along the US-Mexican Border

part III|86 pages

Labor Markets, digital media, and emerging technologies: Potentials and risks

chapter 9|16 pages

Automation and robotization of production in Latin America

Problems and challenges for trade unions in the cases of Argentina, Mexico, and Chile

chapter 10|14 pages

Using functional and social robots to help during the COVID-19 pandemic

Looking into the incipient case of Chile and its future artificial intelligence policy

chapter 12|14 pages

Mining as an art of survival in Venezuela

Eluding scarcity and improving living conditions with Bitcoins