“防疫国家”的信息治理:实践及其理念

Information Governance in“Pandemic Control State”:Practices and Ideas

[技术革命与社会变迁·栏目导语]近年来,新的信息技术工具正日益深刻地卷入国家治理之中,为治理过程提供了更高效的信息收集、认证和流通机制。对此,许多意见往往担忧新技术将赋予国家更加强大而不可控的权力,因此可能会带来侵犯隐私、加剧歧视等负面后果。本期"技术革命与社会变迁"专栏刊登的两篇文章,则以更乐观的态度和客观的分析,观察、思考和想象了新的技术工具为个人和社会福利与国家治理带来的积极变化。

Public surveillance is a controversial issue in the Information Age.COVID-19 triggered the global debates about information governance,state capacity and government responsibilities.In the context of the"pandemic control state",a responsible government,in the interest of saving lives and protecting overall public welfare,must make use of all available information tools in a pragmatic and prudent fashion,and not unnecessarily limit its own options by virtue of a dogmatic understanding of data privacy principles.