Can apps keep coronavirus in check?
A number of countries are rushing to introduce digital tools to track the spread of the pandemic.
Health officials and tech companies around the world have been racing to develop smartphone apps to control the spread of coronavirus.
Some governments may be weighing rights violations and mass surveillance, but others have adopted the technology.
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Singapore is one of the first countries to launch a non-mandatory, contact-tracing app using Bluetooth signals.
Australia, Malaysia and the UK have followed suit.
There have also been apps that go beyond contact tracing – notably in China, where a system has been built to collect people’s health data and travel history. India and South Korea launched similar apps.
But how effective are they? And do they endanger other human rights?
Presenter: Sami Zeidan
Guests:
Nishanth Sastry – Professor of computer science at the University of Surrey in the UK
Ali Fenwick – Pyschologist and professor of organisational behaviour at Hult Business School
Dr Patrick Tang – Division chief of pathology sciences at Sidra Medicine
Published On 16 May 2020