1/3 🚨The EU AI Act is set to give a green light to public #FacialRecognition & biometric categorisation - going against the mandate of @europarl_en.

This endorsement of dystopian #BiometricMassSurveillance is unprecedented in the EU.

Read our take here: reclaimyourface.eu/eu-ai-act-w…

A black man wrongfully jailed for a week in Louisiana after face recognition error, report says. Lawyer says police didn't check man's height, weight or the mole on his face.

#blackmastodon #facialrecognition

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Facial Recognition Tech Used To Jail Black Man For Louisiana Theft - He's Never Been To Louisiana

A Georgia man spent almost a week in jail after Louisiana police wrongly identified him as a fugitive using facial recognition software.

^{Samara Linton (POCIT. Telling the stories and thoughts of people of color in tech.)}

Oh. my. god.

Madison Square Garden used facial recognition to identify and stop a mom from attending a Christmas show with her kid because she's an attorney at a firm who is engaged in litigation with them.

This is why it's not enough to just ban government and law enforcement use of #facialrecognition. There are so many ways private companies and even individuals can abuse #biometric #surveillance tech.

#BanFacialRecognition entirely. Yesterday.

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MSG's Facial Recognition Stops Mom From Attending Christmas Show With Child

An attorney whose firm is in litigation with MSG Entertainment was barred from attending a Radio City Rockettes’ show with her daughter and other Girl…

^{NBC New York}

“EU GDPR enforcement against Big Tech is paralysed by Ireland’s failure to deliver draft decisions on cross-border cases. Ireland’s failure to uphold the GDPR has allowed surveillance to remain the default business model of the digital world.”

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CC @noybeu

#gdpr #ireland #enforcement #privacy #facialRecognition #humanRights

UN Human Rights Committee expected to question Ireland’s plans for facial recognition

Civil rights group states that the Data Protection Commission failings have allowed surveillance as a default business model.

^{Frank Hersey (BiometricUpdate.com)}

“Mastercard’s biometric checkout system will provide customers facial recognition-based payments, by linking the biometric authentication systems of a number of third-party companies with Mastercard’s own payment systems.”

Yeah, no.

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#mastercard #facialRecognition #biometrics #whatCouldPossiblyGoWrong #heyJustChangeYourFace

Pay 'with a smile or a wave': why Mastercard's new face recognition payment system raises concerns

Mastercard’s “smile to pay” system, announced last week, is supposed to save time for customers at checkouts. It is being…

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