The potential and pitfalls of societal verification

The idea that ordinary people might contribute to verification of arms control treaties is not new, but powerful and portable electronic devices have spread so widely in recent years that societal verification now seems an imminent reality. Motivated individuals might, for instance, collect treaty-relevant data through onboard sensors that smartphones can carry and then transmit the information to multilateral verification bodies or, as is already happening, share it online  Our new roundtable explores the potential, and pitfalls, of societal verification. Three articles have just been posted, with more to come over the next few weeks. I hope you find it of interest.

Best,

Janice

The potential and pitfalls of societal verification: http://www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/roundtables/the-potential-and-pitfalls-of-societal-verification 

Janice Sinclair