Chinese authorities use facial recognition, public shaming to crack down on jaywalking, criminals
7 years ago

Chinese authorities use facial recognition, public shaming to crack down on jaywalking, criminals

ABC  

In the southern city of Shenzhen, Chinese authorities have launched a new surveillance system loaded with facial recognition, artificial intelligence, and a big database to crack down on jaywalking as well as other crimes. According to Chinese state media, once someone has been recorded into the system, jaywalking and other petty crimes also potentially damage one's score in the country's reported "social credit system". "After having their photos displayed on the massive screens, some offenders would contact the traffic police department and request to have their photos removed," traffic officer Xia Jianshe told state media last year. "For the first time, we are able to demonstrate that the Chinese Government's use of big data and predictive policing not only blatantly violates privacy rights, but also enables officials to arbitrarily detain people," Maya Wang, senior China researcher at Human Rights Watch, said in the report.

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More than 50 sex offenders arrested using new facial recognition technology
3 months, 2 weeks ago

More than 50 sex offenders arrested using new facial recognition technology

Hindustan Times  

More than 50 sex offenders found to be in breach of court orders have been tracked down by Metropolitan Police using facial recognition technology. The new technology has been used to arrest people wanted for criminal offences ranging from theft to rape across London. Additionally, 50 people wanted for allegedly serious offences against women including stalking, domestic abuse, rape and …

Good governance of facial recognition devices can better protect personal data
4 months ago

Good governance of facial recognition devices can better protect personal data

China Daily  

As the 2024 World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit unfolds in Wuzhen, a water town in East China's Zhejiang province, from November 19 to 22, with artificial intelligence as its centerpiece, the broader implications of emerging technologies, including facial recognition devices, demand attention. Given the grave threat the pandemic posed to people's health and life, the installation of facial recognition devices …

Good governance of facial recognition devices can better protect personal data
4 months ago

Good governance of facial recognition devices can better protect personal data

China Daily  

As the 2024 World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit unfolds in Wuzhen, a water town in East China's Zhejiang province, from November 19 to 22, with artificial intelligence as its centerpiece, the broader implications of emerging technologies, including facial recognition devices, demand attention. Given the grave threat the pandemic posed to people's health and life, the installation of facial recognition devices …

Policing minister urges forces to double use of facial recognition software
1 year, 4 months ago

Policing minister urges forces to double use of facial recognition software

The Independent  

Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Policing minister Chris …

The shocking rise of shoplifting: Map reveals retail theft hotspots across Britain after 365,000 cases in the past year - so is YOUR area on the list?
1 year, 5 months ago

The shocking rise of shoplifting: Map reveals retail theft hotspots across Britain after 365,000 cases in the past year - so is YOUR area on the list?

Daily Mail  

Shoplifting has surged by 25 per cent – in the latest shocking sign of lawlessness in 'Wild West Britain'. Overall, police recorded crime in England and Wales was 4% higher than the previous year with 6.7million crimes recorded compared with 6.5million in the year ending June 2022, according to the Office of National Statistics. Knife possession offences were also up …

‘Game-changing’ facial recognition technology catches prolific shoplifters
1 year, 5 months ago

‘Game-changing’ facial recognition technology catches prolific shoplifters

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Britain’s biggest police force is using “game-changing” facial recognition technology to catch prolific …

Police use facial recognition technology to catch prolific shoplifters with state-of-the-art system which can identify potential suspects in just 60 seconds
1 year, 5 months ago

Police use facial recognition technology to catch prolific shoplifters with state-of-the-art system which can identify potential suspects in just 60 seconds

Daily Mail  

Game-changing facial recognition technology is now being used by police to catch prolific shoplifters. Scotland Yard Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said the results were 'game-changing' and the use of FRT could revolutionise how police forces investigate Concerns: Privacy rights group Big Brother Watch launched a legal challenge over the use of facial recognition software in the UK Opposed: The software …

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  

Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy …

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 …

China drafts rules for using facial recognition data, mandates firms to obtain legal consent
1 year, 7 months ago

China drafts rules for using facial recognition data, mandates firms to obtain legal consent

New Indian Express  

Draft regulations released by China's Cyberspace Administration warned that the use of the technology must "abide by laws and regulations, comply with public order, respect social morality, assume social responsibility, and fulfil duties to protect personal information." It must also not be used to "endanger national security, harm public interests", or "disrupt social order", the regulations said. State-owned surveillance giant …

Home Office ‘agreed to lobby for facial recognition use to cut shop crime’
1 year, 7 months ago

Home Office ‘agreed to lobby for facial recognition use to cut shop crime’

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 The Home Office has “urgent questions to answer” over reports …

A.I. Microdirectives Could Soon Be Used for Law Enforcement
55 years, 2 months ago

A.I. Microdirectives Could Soon Be Used for Law Enforcement

Slate  

Imagine a future in which A.I.s automatically interpret—and enforce—laws. The DMCA’s enforcement is almost fully automated, with copyright “bots” constantly scanning the internet for copyright-infringing material, and automatically sending literally hundreds of millions of DMCA takedown notices daily to platforms and users. Legal microdirectives sent en masse for countless scenarios, each representing authoritative legal findings formulated by opaque computational processes, …

Police seize on COVID-19 tech to expand global surveillance
2 years, 3 months ago

Police seize on COVID-19 tech to expand global surveillance

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 Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Now, from Beijing to Jerusalem …

Facial recognition system of Tamil Nadu police stirs privacy row
2 years, 3 months ago

Facial recognition system of Tamil Nadu police stirs privacy row

Hindustan Times  

The facial recognition system which chief minister M K Stalin launched last year for police to identify criminals has stirred a controversy after a Chennai motorist tweeted about being checked at night, sparking concerns over collecting personal data and the right to privacy. !” To this the verified handle of the Greater Chennai Police responded: “Facial recognition system is being …

Activists fear rising surveillance from Asia's Digital Silk Road
2 years, 6 months ago

Activists fear rising surveillance from Asia's Digital Silk Road

The Hindu  

The drones were hard to avoid: they buzzed low over the crowd of protesters holding banners and shouting slogans outside the NagaWorld casino in the Cambodian city of Phnom Penh, then hovered above each of the speakers as they called for justice. Chinese Premier Xi Jinping launched BRI in 2013, aiming to harness China's strengths in financing and infrastructure construction …

Unproven, unregulated, facial recognition tech creeping in
2 years, 6 months ago

Unproven, unregulated, facial recognition tech creeping in

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI : Facial recognition technology, a common trope in dystopian novels, is creeping into everyday life in India, deployed at airports to verify travellers and by law enforcement to identify suspects, unfettered by privacy laws that should regulate the use of sensitive data. Data compiled by digital rights advocacy body the Internet Freedom Foundation through right-to-information filings showed that …

Editorial: Police body cams shouldn’t be surveillance tools
2 years, 9 months ago

Editorial: Police body cams shouldn’t be surveillance tools

LA Times  

Police body cameras and facial recognition technology serve two completely different purposes and shouldn’t be combined. Body cams record officer interactions with the public and make police less likely to fib about what they did or why, because they know there will be a reviewable recording. It infringes on privacy — with little benefit to public safety, because facial recognition …

The ugly face of a crime-fighting move
3 years, 6 months ago

The ugly face of a crime-fighting move

The Hindu  

In the monsoon session of Parliament, no meaningful debate could take place due to the controversy over Pegasus, the spyware. The Federal Bureau of Investigation in the United States uses facial recognition technology for potential investigative leads; police forces in England use facial recognition to tackle serious violence. Impact on rights From a technical angle, facial recognition technology can be …

China is raising the alarm over corporate surveillance. But it’s got a massive network of its own
4 years ago

China is raising the alarm over corporate surveillance. But it’s got a massive network of its own

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN Business — A popular annual consumer rights show in China has sparked a national debate about privacy and surveillance and sent companies scrambling to stay on Beijing’s good side. Chinese state broadcaster China Central Television, or CCTV, used the program to accuse several companies of secretly collecting data about their customers using facial recognition — notably, without …

Facial Recognition And Beyond: Journalist Ventures Inside China's 'Surveillance State'
4 years, 2 months ago

Facial Recognition And Beyond: Journalist Ventures Inside China's 'Surveillance State'

NPR  

Facial Recognition And Beyond: Journalist Ventures Inside China's 'Surveillance State' Security cameras and facial recognition technology are on the rise in China. "What the Communist Party is doing with all this high-tech surveillance technology now is they're trying to internalize control.. Once you believe it's true, it's like you don't even need the policemen at the corner anymore, because you're …

Huawei worked on a facial recognition system to identify Uighurs in China, says report
4 years, 3 months ago

Huawei worked on a facial recognition system to identify Uighurs in China, says report

India Today  

Chinese tech giant Huawei worked on a facial recognition system to identify Uighurs in China, an internal document has revealed. Pennsylvania-based research group IPVM, which first procured the document confirmed that Huawei employees had signed the document in January 2018 with facial recognition start-up Megvii. The face-scanning system could raise a Uighur alarm and generate an alert if the subject …

Dubai to Introduce Facial Recognition on Public Transport to Beef Up Security
4 years, 4 months ago

Dubai to Introduce Facial Recognition on Public Transport to Beef Up Security

News 18  

Dubai is introducing a facial recognition system on public transport to beef up security, officials said Sunday, as the emirate prepares to host the global Expo exhibition. Earlier this week, under the watch of Dubai’s Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, the city’s police used facial recognition in a simulated scenario to identify gunmen launching an attack on a metro …

Singapore Becomes First Country to Use Facial Recognition to Pay Taxes
4 years, 5 months ago

Singapore Becomes First Country to Use Facial Recognition to Pay Taxes

News 18  

In Singapore, online government services can now be accessed by facial recognition — a world first. This technology is being rolled out to the city-state’s SingPass digital identity scheme, offering access to no less than 400 online services, including tax declarations and public housing applications. This new function, dubbed SingPass Face Verification, lets users connect securely to government websites, as …

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 …

A Flawed Facial-Recognition System Sent This Man to Jail
55 years, 2 months ago

A Flawed Facial-Recognition System Sent This Man to Jail

Wired  

In January, Detroit police arrested and charged 42-year-old Robert Williams with stealing $4,000 in watches from a retail store 15 months earlier. Taken away in handcuffs in front of his two children, Williams was sent to an interrogation room where police presented him with their evidence: Facial-recognition software matched his driver’s license photo with surveillance footage from the night of …

Facial surveillance is slowly being trialled around the country
4 years, 9 months ago

Facial surveillance is slowly being trialled around the country

ABC  

When Lauren Dry heard last year that facial recognition cameras were being trialled in the suburb of East Perth, she thought it was a joke. Key points: Facial recognition technology is slowly being trialled around the country A privacy expert says there are serious questions about the efficacy of facial recognition software One resident says councils and government are walking …

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 …

Amid Coronavirus outbreak, Chinese company develops tech that can identify people even with their masks on
5 years ago

Amid Coronavirus outbreak, Chinese company develops tech that can identify people even with their masks on

Firstpost  

Coronavirus has resulted in almost everyone wearing a surgical mask outdoors posing a particular problem for surveillance. A Chinese company says it has developed the country’s first facial recognition technology that can identify people when they are wearing a mask, as most are these days because of the coronavirus, and help in the fight against the disease. Now Hanwang Technology …

How is facial recognition used in today’s world? When is it problematic?
5 years, 1 month 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 …

London Cops Will Use Facial Recognition to Hunt Suspects
5 years, 1 month ago

London Cops Will Use Facial Recognition to Hunt Suspects

Wired  

There will soon be a new bobby on the beat in London: artificial intelligence. London’s Metropolitan Police said Friday that it will deploy facial recognition technology to find wanted criminals and missing persons. Seeing a major police force in a Western democracy embrace facial recognition may only embolden more repressive regimes elsewhere in the world, says Silkie Carlo, director of …

Privacy fears as London police to begin using facial recognition technology
5 years, 1 month ago

Privacy fears as London police to begin using facial recognition technology

ABC  

London police say they will start using live facial recognition cameras in operational deployments, in a major advance for the controversial technology. Key points: London already has one of the highest concentrations of CCTV cameras in the world Rights groups say the technology threatens basic civil liberties Police have previously trialled facial recognition in the British capital The Metropolitan Police …

London will use live facial recognition cameras to police the city
5 years, 1 month ago

London will use live facial recognition cameras to police the city

CNN  

London CNN Business — London’s Metropolitan Police has announced controversial plans to use live facial recognition technology to improve officers’ ability to identify suspects and police the British capital. The decision follows an October investigation into live facial recognition technology by the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office, which raised serious concerns over privacy and accuracy. In the United States, some California …

In China, A New Call To Protect Data Privacy
5 years, 2 months ago

In China, A New Call To Protect Data Privacy

NPR  

In China, A New Call To Protect Data Privacy Enlarge this image toggle caption Giulia Marchi/Bloomberg via Getty Images Giulia Marchi/Bloomberg via Getty Images China produces huge amounts of online data — and little of it is protected. Sponsor Message "We trade our data privacy for convenience," says Wu Dong, once a hotel reviewer who has become a campaigner for …

Privacy fears as India police use facial recognition at rally
5 years, 2 months ago

Privacy fears as India police use facial recognition at rally

Al Jazeera  

In a first, Delhi Police use facial recognition software to screen crowds at Modi rally, raising surveillance concerns. Police in the Indian capital of New Delhi used facial recognition software to screen crowds at a recent political rally – a first for India – raising concerns about privacy and mass surveillance amid nationwide protests against a new citizenship law. The …

Privacy fears as India police use facial recognition at rally
5 years, 2 months ago

Privacy fears as India police use facial recognition at rally

Al Jazeera  

In a first, Delhi Police use facial recognition software to screen crowds at Modi rally, raising surveillance concerns. Police in the Indian capital of New Delhi used facial recognition software to screen crowds at a recent political rally – a first for India – raising concerns about privacy and mass surveillance amid nationwide protests against a new citizenship law. The …

How to evade the police state while out at a protest
5 years, 2 months ago

How to evade the police state while out at a protest

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Anti-face make-up, use of colour, covering one’s face with a funky hairstyle: these are some techniques by young protesters to outwit police personnel trying to document them on mobile phones and surveillance cameras. Police departments are refining facial recognition technology for better policing, but also to track peaceful protesters who are gathering to voice their dissent. “Key recognisable facial …

How China cornered the facial recognition surveillance market
5 years, 3 months ago

How China cornered the facial recognition surveillance market

LA Times  

What do Uganda’s police force, a Mongolian prison and Zimbabwean airports have in common? “These companies are particularly well-suited to provide” advanced surveillance capabilities, says Feldstein, “but also they are willing to go to markets that perhaps Western competitors are less willing to go to.” In China, a customer rents a car via facial recognition. Most Chinese people approve of …

Opinion | Big Brother is scanning
5 years, 3 months ago

Opinion | Big Brother is scanning

Live Mint  

China has introduced a new law that makes it mandatory for its citizens to undergo face scans while applying for new SIM cards or buying mobile phones. The policy was first announced in September, when the Chinese government, in an address to telecom operators, said that “artificial intelligence and other technical methods” were being deployed to “protect the legitimate rights …

China starts selling its world-leading surveillance and facial recognition technology globally
5 years, 3 months ago

China starts selling its world-leading surveillance and facial recognition technology globally

Daily Mail  

Chinese firms are hoping to take their surveillance systems global, despite concerns the technology has been used to violate human rights. Capitalising on their vast experience in developing surveillance systems for Beijing - where there are plans for two cameras per citizen - a disproportionately large number of Chinese companies appeared yesterday at the Milipol security trade fair in Paris, …

How facial recognition is taking over airports
5 years, 5 months ago

How facial recognition is taking over airports

CNN  

CNN — Instead of scanning her boarding pass, the airport gate scanned her face. “We see facial recognition as a uniquely dangerous form of surveillance technology,” Evan Greer, deputy director at Fight for the Future, tells CNN Travel. The organization also expresses concern that airport-based facial recognition will target undocumented people traveling domestically within the United States – and echos …

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 …

King's Cross developers say facial recognition cameras 'ensure public safety', amid fears private companies are carrying out ID checks
5 years, 7 months ago

King's Cross developers say facial recognition cameras 'ensure public safety', amid fears private companies are carrying out ID checks

The Telegraph  

The developer of a 67-acre site in London’s King's Cross has defended its use of facial recognition technology as campaigners warned that private companies were increasingly conducting secret identity checks on the public. Developer Argent insisted that the tool was used to "ensure public safety" and was one of "a number of detection and tracking methods". What happens with our …

Facial recognition is an invasive and inefficient tool
5 years, 8 months ago

Facial recognition is an invasive and inefficient tool

The Hindu  

The Automated Facial Recognition System recently proposed by the Ministry of Home Affairs is geared towards modernising the police force, identifying criminals, and enhancing information sharing between police units across the country. However, a closer look at facial recognition systems and India’s legal framework reveals that a system like the AFRS will not only create a biometric map of our …

Surveillance in the UK rose significantly under Theresa May's premiership
5 years, 9 months ago

Surveillance in the UK rose significantly under Theresa May's premiership

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The majority of the legislation that …

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 …

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 …

China's AI subway station: Travellers will be able to pay by scanning their faces at turnstiles
6 years ago

China's AI subway station: Travellers will be able to pay by scanning their faces at turnstiles

Daily Mail  

The Shenzhen Metro is looking to transform one of its busiest subway stations by combining 5G technology and artificial intelligence. Once a person scans his/her face at the gate at the Futian Public Transportation depot, the image would be matched to the personal information registered in the operator's database and allow the passenger to go through The security robot, also …

Chinese police use surveillance technology to identify people by their walking style
6 years ago

Chinese police use surveillance technology to identify people by their walking style

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 Police in China using gait …

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  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Our new research into the legal challenges posed by police use of facial recognition technology …

Wednesday briefing: Unsecured database reveals China's surveillance of Uyghur Muslims
6 years, 1 month ago

Wednesday briefing: Unsecured database reveals China's surveillance of Uyghur Muslims

Wired  

WIRED Get WIRED's daily briefing in your inbox. Sign up here Millions of people from China's minority Uyghur Muslim population, already widely discriminated against are being tracked using facial recognition technology. A subset of YouTube videos featuring children has become a haven for paedophiles, with the service's 'up next' and suggested videos serving up an endless stream of little girls …

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