Introduction to Digital Identity, Virtual Borders and Social Media

Abstract

This book discusses how states deploy frontier and digital technologies to manage and control migratory movements and how they cooperate with tech corporations in this field. Blockchain, artificial intelligence/ machine learning (AI/ML), social media, big data analysis and various smart border solutions offer a wide range of opportunities for states to deal with legal and irregular migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers. However, this is an emerging area, these tech-based projects are still experimental and they are understudied topics in the literature. This book aims to contribute to the literature as authors critically examine the consequences of these technologies and evaluate them from the perspective of rights and liberties of migrants.