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Artificial Intelligence, Counter-Terrorism and the Rule of Law: At the Heart of National Security

Artificial Intelligence, Counter-Terrorism and the Rule of Law: At the Heart of National Security

Author: Arianna Vedaschi, Chiara Graziani
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 9781803928333
Published In: June 2025
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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This insightful book examines the use of advanced technology, specifically artificial intelligence (AI), both as a tool in the hands of terrorists and as a powerful security counter-measure. It sheds light on the legal issues arising from the presence of AI in national security matters and identifies how AI can be regulated in this sensitive field.

Arianna Vedaschi and Chiara Graziani illustrate the importance of safeguarding human rights while utilising advanced counter-terrorism tools and analyse the consequent legal challenges posed by AI . Adopting a comparative legal perspective, this book provides a comprehensive overview of counter-terrorism in Western democracies and advocates for a regulatory framework on the use of AI in national security.

This book is an essential resource for scholars and students of comparative law, constitutional and administrative law, global and transnational law and terrorism and security law. Judicial and human rights practitioners will also benefit from this volume.

Introduction: the complex relationship between advanced technology, security and rights ix

PART I. TECHNOLOGY AS A ‘TERRORIST TOOL’

The use of technology in terrorist activities in the ‘real digital world’ 7

The use of technology in terrorist activities in the ‘real digital world’ 30

A final overview on technology as a terrorist tool 37

Appendix to Part I: a taxonomy of the terrorist use of technology 39

PART II. TECHNOLOGY AS A “COUNTER-TERRORISM TOOL”

A general introductory overview: technology as a tool to respond to terrorism 41

Identifying the threat: surveillance through the collection and retention of metadata 47

Identifying the threat by scanning the web: the flagging and removal of terrorist content 58

Identifying the threat by relying on biometric data 73

‘Chasing’ the terrorist threat: technologies for ‘personalised’ surveillance 102