EU might ban facial recognition tech in public areas for up to five years
5 years, 2 months ago

EU might ban facial recognition tech in public areas for up to five years

Firstpost  

Exceptions to the facial recognition ban could be made for security projects as well as research and development. The European Union is considering banning facial recognition technology in public areas for up to five years, to give it time to work out how to prevent abuses, according to proposals seen by Reuters. The plan by the EU’s executive — set out in an 18-page white paper — comes amid a global debate about the systems driven by artificial intelligence and widely used by law enforcement agencies. “Building on these existing provisions, the future regulatory framework could go further and include a time-limited ban on the use of facial recognition technology in public spaces,” the EU document said. During that ban, of between three to five years, “a sound methodology for assessing the impacts of this technology and possible risk management measures could be identified and developed.” Exceptions to the ban could be made for security projects as well as research and development, the paper said.

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Europe bans emotion-tracking artificial intelligence under landmark AI rules
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Europe bans emotion-tracking artificial intelligence under landmark AI rules

The Independent  

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How the East got ahead of the West on facial recognition technology
7 months, 2 weeks ago

How the East got ahead of the West on facial recognition technology

Live Mint  

In 2020, Microsoft, Amazon and IBM announced they would halt the sale of facial recognition technology to police forces. China has invested heavily in facial recognition technology, with claims of high accuracy rates supported by large-scale data collection and integration with various surveillance and identification systems. Regulatory frameworks in India and China also tend to be less stringent than in …

Europe was set to lead the world on AI regulation. But can leaders reach a deal?
1 year, 3 months ago

Europe was set to lead the world on AI regulation. But can leaders reach a deal?

Associated Press  

LONDON — The generative AI boom has sent governments worldwide scrambling to regulate the emerging technology, but it also has raised the risk of upending a European Union push to approve the world’s first comprehensive artificial intelligence rules. One of the major sticking points is foundation models, the advanced systems that underpin general purpose AI services like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and …

'Too dangerous': Why even Google was afraid to release this technology
1 year, 5 months ago

'Too dangerous': Why even Google was afraid to release this technology

NPR  

'Too dangerous': Why even Google was afraid to release this technology Enlarge this image toggle caption pimeyes.com pimeyes.com Imagine strolling down a busy city street and snapping a photo of a stranger then uploading it into a search engine that almost instantaneously helps you identify the person. Sponsor Message Originally founded in 2017 by two computer programmers in Poland, it's …

MPs join campaign group’s call for facial recognition ban
1 year, 5 months ago

MPs join campaign group’s call for facial recognition ban

The Independent  

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Government looking to expand use of facial recognition technology
1 year, 6 months ago

Government looking to expand use of facial recognition technology

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Silkie Carlo, director of privacy campaign group Big Brother Watch, said: “It’s disturbing and deeply …

Application of facial recognition tech needs to be strictly regulated
1 year, 7 months ago

Application of facial recognition tech needs to be strictly regulated

China Daily  

A visitor tries 3D facial recognition tech on Tuesday at the Light of Internet Expo of the sixth World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province. China's cyberspace authorities published a draft regulation for management of facial recognition technology on Tuesday to solicit public opinion, which serves like a curtain-raiser for governance of the facial recognition system. The draft regulation is …

Campaigners urge UK Government to scrap 'disturbing' use of AI
1 year, 9 months ago

Campaigners urge UK Government to scrap 'disturbing' use of AI

Daily Mail  

Campaign groups have urged the UK Government to scrap the 'disturbing' use of AI and claimed it was 'behind the curve' on regulating its use by public authorities. The groups, like Public Law Project and Big Brother Watch, warned that UK public bodies have been using AI in 'disturbing' and 'secretive' ways for 'years'. 'We have seen public bodies using …

Italy Bans Use Of Facial Recognition And Smart Glasses
2 years, 4 months ago

Italy Bans Use Of Facial Recognition And Smart Glasses

News 18  

MILAN: Italy prohibited the use of facial recognition and 'smart glasses' on Monday as its Data Protection Agency issued a rebuke to two municipalities experimenting with the technologies. Facial recognition systems using biometric data will not be allowed until a specific law is adopted or at least until the end of next year, the privacy watchdog said. "The moratorium arises …

Op-Ed: Facial recognition technology victimizes people of color. It must be regulated
2 years, 5 months ago

Op-Ed: Facial recognition technology victimizes people of color. It must be regulated

LA Times  

A facial recognition system showing a blue interface with a human head. In Williams’ case, the Detroit Police Department used Michigan State Police’s facial recognition program to identify a suspect from a grainy surveillance image. Facial recognition technology, in addition to its algorithmic biases, can — and has — been used by law enforcement to identify peaceful protesters, investigate minor …

Renewed calls for national guidelines on using facial recognition technology after CHOICE investigation
2 years, 9 months ago

Renewed calls for national guidelines on using facial recognition technology after CHOICE investigation

ABC  

Tech and human rights experts have renewed calls for a national framework on the use of facial recognition technology, as one described it as the "wild west of the digital world". Key points: Australia does not have dedicated laws for the use of facial recognition technology Some forms of the technology used to identify people are "prone to error", experts …

Police guidance on facial recognition technology ‘a hammer blow to privacy’
3 years ago

Police guidance on facial recognition technology ‘a hammer blow to privacy’

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Campaigners branded guidance being sent to forces about how to use live facial recognition …

Facial recognition cameras installed in UK school canteens
3 years, 5 months ago

Facial recognition cameras installed in UK school canteens

The Independent  

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As UK cracks down on protests, surveillance tech market grows
3 years, 5 months ago

As UK cracks down on protests, surveillance tech market grows

Al Jazeera  

From mobile phone trackers to facial recognition software, a range of spying tools were on sale at a recent London exhibition. London, United Kingdom – “First we pick up that there’s a planned protest,” said Barry Millet, an information security manager at Mitie, as he pointed at a computer screen streaming a small protest. “One hour of CCTV video from …

Europe makes the case to ban biometric surveillance
3 years, 8 months ago

Europe makes the case to ban biometric surveillance

Wired  

Your body is a data goldmine. Both the European Data Protection Supervisor, which acts as the EU’s independent data body, and the European Data Protection Board, which helps countries implement GDPR consistently, have called for a total ban on using AI to automatically recognise people. The rules, which were unveiled in April, say “remote biometric identification” is high-risk – meaning …

EU data watchdogs want ban on AI facial recognition
3 years, 9 months ago

EU data watchdogs want ban on AI facial recognition

The Hindu  

The EU's data protection agencies on Monday called for an outright ban on using artificial intelligence to identify people in public places, pointing to the "extremely high" risks to privacy. In a non-binding opinion, the two bodies called for a "general ban" on the practice that would include "recognition of faces, gait, fingerprints, DNA, voice, keystrokes and other biometric or …

Baltimore May Soon Ban Facial Recognition for Everyone but Cops
3 years, 9 months ago

Baltimore May Soon Ban Facial Recognition for Everyone but Cops

Wired  

After years of failed attempts to curb surveillance technologies, Baltimore is close to enacting one of the nation’s most stringent bans on facial recognition. “It was important to begin this conversation now to basically hash out what a regulatory framework could look like.” Kristerfer Burnett, Baltimore city councilmember However, Baltimore residents will have the opportunity to vote on returning the …

E.U. proposes rules for high-risk artificial intelligence uses
3 years, 11 months ago

E.U. proposes rules for high-risk artificial intelligence uses

The Hindu  

European Union officials unveiled proposals on Wednesday for reining in high-risk uses of artificial intelligence such as live facial scanning that could threaten people's safety or rights. The draft regulations from the EU's executive commission include rules on the use of the rapidly expanding technology in activities such as choosing school, job or loan applicants. They also would ban artificial …

Virginia lawmakers ban police use of facial recognition
3 years, 11 months ago

Virginia lawmakers ban police use of facial recognition

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — Last month, Virginia lawmakers quietly passed one of the most restrictive bans in the country on the use of facial recognition technology. The legislation, which won unusually broad bipartisan support, prohibits all local law enforcement agencies and campus police departments from purchasing or using facial recognition technology unless it is expressly authorized by the state legislature. Aird …

Portland passes broadest facial recognition ban in the US
4 years, 6 months ago

Portland passes broadest facial recognition ban in the US

CNN  

CNN Business — The city of Portland, Oregon, on Wednesday banned the use of facial-recognition technology by city departments — including local police — as well as public-facing businesses such as stores, restaurants and hotels. In addition to halting city use of the surveillance technology, the new rule prevents “private entities in places of public accommodation” in Portland from using …

Face recognition violates human rights, says U.K. court
4 years, 7 months ago

Face recognition violates human rights, says U.K. court

The Hindu  

The use of facial recognition technology by British police has violated human rights and data protection laws, a court said Tuesday, in a decision praised as a victory against invasive practices by the authorities. In a case trumpeted as the first of its kind, Britain’s Court of Appeal ruled Tuesday in the case of civil rights campaigner Ed Bridges, who …

USA May Go the Opposite Way of China on Facial Recognition: Where Does India Stand?
4 years, 8 months ago

USA May Go the Opposite Way of China on Facial Recognition: Where Does India Stand?

News 18  

With Black Lives Matter protests hitting the streets in USA in light of George Floyd’s murder, questions regarding the use of facial recognition by police departments to identify protestors came to light. Filed by senators Ed Markey and Jeff Merkley, the Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act is calling for a full ban on the use of facial recognition …

Microsoft president calls for federal regulation of facial recognition technology
4 years, 9 months ago

Microsoft president calls for federal regulation of facial recognition technology

CNN  

New York CNN Business — In addition to Microsoft’s moratorium on selling facial recognition to US police departments, the company currently does not sell the technology to federal law enforcement, Microsoft President Brad Smith said during an interview with Politico Thursday. “We don’t provide facial recognition technology today to any federal law enforcement agency and we certainly won’t provide facial …

Tech companies say they want to see a nationwide facial recognition law
4 years, 9 months ago

Tech companies say they want to see a nationwide facial recognition law

CNN  

CNN — In a matter of days, there was a sea change with one of the most cutting-edge and controversial technologies in Silicon Valley. Three tech giants — Amazon, Microsoft and IBM — all said this week they will not sell facial recognition technology to police. Silicon Valley goes to Washington Tech companies have seized opportunities where they can in …

Microsoft declines to sell facial recognition tech to police until there is a law to regulate it
4 years, 9 months ago

Microsoft declines to sell facial recognition tech to police until there is a law to regulate it

Firstpost  

Microsoft said it has worked on enacting principles and legislation for the software’s use. Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it would await federal regulation before selling facial recognition technology to police, making it the latest big firm to back away from the business following protests against law enforcement brutality and bias. The announcement came shortly after rival Amazon.com Inc declared …

In wake of George Floyd’s death, IBM gets out of the facial recognition business
4 years, 9 months ago

In wake of George Floyd’s death, IBM gets out of the facial recognition business

LA Times  

IBM is getting out of the facial recognition business, saying it’s concerned about how the technology can be used for mass surveillance and racial profiling. Many U.S. law enforcement agencies rely on facial recognition software built by companies less well known to the public, such as Tokyo-based NEC or the European companies Idemia and Cognitec, according to Clare Garvie, a …

Washington State signs facial recognition curbs into law; critics demand ban
4 years, 11 months ago

Washington State signs facial recognition curbs into law; critics demand ban

Firstpost  

Facial recognition software can identify individuals in photos and videos based on a database of known subjects. Washington Governor Jay Inslee on Tuesday signed the first US state law that sharply curbs law enforcement’s use of facial recognition technology, while civil rights activists said the measure did not go far enough to protect marginalized groups. Washington’s law requires government agencies …

ACLU sues DHS to expose secretive use of facial recognition technology
5 years ago

ACLU sues DHS to expose secretive use of facial recognition technology

Salon  

The ACLU's national and New York arms filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and three of its agencies to expose law enforcement's secretive use of facial recognition surveillance technology. "Unlike other ways of verifying a person's identity, face recognition technology can enable persistent government surveillance on a massive scale," Ashley Gorski, staff attorney with …

How is facial recognition used in today’s world? When is it problematic?
5 years, 2 months ago

How is facial recognition used in today’s world? When is it problematic?

The Hindu  

The story so far: Last week, European media network EURACTIV and Politico published a story that said the European Commission is mulling a temporary ban on the use of facial recognition technologies in public spaces. Why does the European Commission want a temporary ban on facial recognition technologies in public spaces? Mr. Smith, has been quoted as saying: “I’m really …

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai backs temporary ban on facial-recognition
5 years, 2 months ago

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai backs temporary ban on facial-recognition

Live Mint  

BRUSSELS: The EU's proposal for a temporary ban on facial-recognition technology won backing from Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai on Monday but got a cool response from Microsoft President Brad Smith. While Pichai cited the possibility that the technology could be used for nefarious purposes as a reason for a moratorium, Smith said a ban was akin to using a …

Alphabet CEO backs temporary ban on facial-recognition technology
5 years, 2 months ago

Alphabet CEO backs temporary ban on facial-recognition technology

Al Jazeera  

One concern is how AI could be used to create video or audio that shows anyone saying and doing anything, anywhere. The chief executive of Google parent company Alphabet on Monday backed a European Union proposal to temporarily ban facial-recognition technology because of the possibility that it could be used for nefarious purposes. Pichai urged regulators to take a “proportionate …

It's Hard to Ban Facial Recognition Tech in the iPhone Era
5 years, 3 months ago

It's Hard to Ban Facial Recognition Tech in the iPhone Era

Wired  

After San Francisco in May placed new controls, including a ban on facial recognition, on municipal surveillance, city employees began taking stock of what technology agencies already owned. The department called South Carolina’s DataWorks Plus and asked it to disable facial recognition software the city had acquired from the company, according to company vice president Todd Pastorini. A facial recognition …

Facial recognition: Labour vows to regulate 'lawless' technology if it wins power in next election
5 years, 6 months ago

Facial recognition: Labour vows to regulate 'lawless' technology if it wins power in next election

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Labour Party has pledged …

New surveillance tech means you'll never be anonymous again
5 years, 6 months ago

New surveillance tech means you'll never be anonymous again

Wired  

WIRED The fight over the future of facial recognition is heating up. A coalition of 30 civil society organisations, representing over 15 million members combined, is calling for a federal ban on the use of facial recognition by US law enforcement. If strict regulation is brought in to govern the use of facial recognition, it is possible we may simply …

California lawmakers ban facial-recognition software from police body cams
5 years, 6 months ago

California lawmakers ban facial-recognition software from police body cams

CNN  

San Francisco CNN Business — California lawmakers on Thursday temporarilybanned state and local law enforcement from using facial-recognition software in body cameras, as the most populous US state takes action against the technology. Axon said earlier this year that it would not install facial-recognition technology in its body cameras, stating it's "not currently reliable enough." For now, at least, California’s …

We Need to Ban More Emerging Technologies
55 years, 2 months ago

We Need to Ban More Emerging Technologies

Slate  

This piece originally appeared in the Conversation In mid-July, Oakland, California, became the third U.S. city to ban municipal departments from using facial recognition technology. As Georgetown’s Center on Privacy and Technology put it, facial recognition could lead to “a world where, once you set foot outside, the government can track your every move.” And it’s just the beginning. I’m …

Facial recognition becoming ‘epidemic’ in British public spaces
5 years, 7 months ago

Facial recognition becoming ‘epidemic’ in British public spaces

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Facial recognition technology is becoming an “epidemic” across shopping centres, …

London King’s Cross estate admits using facial recognition technology
5 years, 7 months ago

London King’s Cross estate admits using facial recognition technology

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Facial recognition technology is reportedly in use at London’s King’s …

Facial Recognition Is Suddenly Everywhere. Should You Worry?
55 years, 2 months ago

Facial Recognition Is Suddenly Everywhere. Should You Worry?

Wired  

The accuracy of facial-recognition algorithms has improved significantly in the past few years. Keep Reading The latest on artificial intelligence, from machine learning to computer vision and more Civil rights groups and US government studies suggest the technology is often less accurate for women and people with darker skin tones. Three US cities, including San Francisco, recently blocked their agencies …

Beyond San Francisco, more cities are saying no to facial recognition
5 years, 8 months ago

Beyond San Francisco, more cities are saying no to facial recognition

CNN  

San Francisco CNN Business — San Francisco did it in May. Somerville, Massachusetts, in June.And on Tuesday evening, Oakland, California, became the latest to ban city departments — including police — from using facial-recognition technology. A unanimous decision to outlaw facial-recognition technology Oakland’s city council passed the ordinance unanimously on Tuesday, and a second vote to finalize it is planned …

Facial recognition: Activists call for ban of government use of technology that is 'profound threat to humanity'
5 years, 8 months ago

Facial recognition: Activists call for ban of government use of technology that is 'profound threat to humanity'

The Independent  

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Police facial recognition cameras pose 'one of the greatest threats to freedom' and must be BANNED
5 years, 9 months ago

Police facial recognition cameras pose 'one of the greatest threats to freedom' and must be BANNED

Daily Mail  

Police facial recognition cameras should be banned because they pose 'one of the greatest threats to freedom', a human rights group has claimed. Police facial recognition cameras should be banned as they pose 'one of the greatest threats to freedom', a human rights group has claimed 'I don't think these cameras should ever be used,' Spurrier told The Guardian. A …

California considers ban on facial recognition’s new frontier: police body cameras
5 years, 9 months ago

California considers ban on facial recognition’s new frontier: police body cameras

LA Times  

Facial recognition’s first blanket ban arrived in May, when San Francisco became the only city in the nation to bar police and other agencies from using the technology. State lawmakers are considering regulation barring all California law enforcement officers from running facial recognition programs on body cameras. — Matt Cagle, attorney, American Civil Liberties Union The state measure, Assembly Bill …

San Francisco bans police use of face recognition technology
5 years, 10 months ago

San Francisco bans police use of face recognition technology

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco supervisors voted Tuesday to ban the use of facial recognition software by police and other city departments, becoming the first U.S. city to outlaw a rapidly developing technology that has alarmed privacy and civil liberties advocates. The San Francisco board did not spend time Tuesday debating the outright ban on facial recognition technology, focusing instead …

San Francisco becomes first US city to ban police use of facial recognition technology
5 years, 10 months ago

San Francisco becomes first US city to ban police use of facial recognition technology

ABC  

San Francisco's local government has voted to ban the use of facial recognition software by police and other city departments, becoming the first US city to outlaw a rapidly developing technology that has alarmed privacy and civil liberties advocates. Key points: Advocates argue the technology is flawed and a serious threat to civil liberties Critics of the ban say police …

San Francisco just banned facial-recognition technology
5 years, 10 months ago

San Francisco just banned facial-recognition technology

CNN  

San Francisco CNN Business — San Francisco, long one of the most tech-friendly and tech-savvy cities in the world, is now the first in the United States to prohibit its government from using facial-recognition technology. San Francisco’s new rule, which is set to go into effect in a month, forbids the use of facial-recognition technology by the city’s 53 departments …

Before facial recognition tech can be used, it needs to be limited
6 years, 1 month ago

Before facial recognition tech can be used, it needs to be limited

The Independent  

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San Francisco Could Be First to Ban Facial Recognition Tech
6 years, 1 month ago

San Francisco Could Be First to Ban Facial Recognition Tech

Wired  

If a local tech industry critic has his way, San Francisco could become the first US city to ban its agencies from using facial recognition technology. “This is the first piece of legislation that I’ve seen that really takes facial recognition technology as seriously as it is warranted and treats it as uniquely dangerous,” says Woodrow Hartzog, professor of law …

Information commissioner threatens legal action against police using 'dangerous and inaccurate' facial recognition technology
6 years, 10 months ago

Information commissioner threatens legal action against police using 'dangerous and inaccurate' facial recognition technology

The Independent  

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