#biometricidentification — Public Fediverse posts
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MEPs endorse blanket ban on facial recognition in public spaces, rejecting targeted exemptions
#Biometrics or #FacialID has been often linked to #authoritarian regimes
The total ban is part of a draft piece of legislation, known as the Artificial Intelligence Act
#EuropeanUnion #AI #biometrics #BiometricIdentification #police #LawEnforcement #FacialID #BigBrother #Orwell #1984 #PoliceState #privacy
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https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/european-parliament-committees-vote-ai-act/
a massive win for civil society, as EU #AIAct incorporates vital #humanrights safeguards…bans on remote #biometricidentification, #emotionrecognition, racist and discriminatory biometric categorization, #predictivepolicing, and mass biometric #datascraping…"The plenary vote is the Parliament’s last chance to ban dangerous, inherently discriminatory #AIsystems that are used in the migration context, and to counter efforts to exclude migrant people and racialised groups…”