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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: https://reclaimyourface.eu/eu-ai-act-will-fail-commitment-to-ban-biometric-mass-surveillance/

EU AI Act will fail commitment to ban biometric mass surveillance - Reclaim Your Face

On 8 December 2023, EU lawmakers celebrated reaching a deal on the long-awaited Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act.
Shubham (Reclaim Your Face)
#BiometricMassSurveillance #facialrecognition @European Parliament

🇬🇧Amazing #AIAct victory: EU Parliament just voted to fully ban real-time #facialrecognition in Europe! In negotiations with EU governments, we will fight for a future free of #biometricmasssurveillance! #FreedomnotFear #Pirates https://t.co/6voUvEogpS
#BiometricMassSurveillance #AIAct #facialrecognition #pirates #freedomnotfear

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

https://peopleofcolorintech.com/articles/facial-recognition-tech-used-to-jail-black-man-for-louisiana-theft-hes-never-been-to-louisiana/

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.)
#facialrecognition #blackmastodon

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.

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/msgs-facial-recognition-stops-mom-from-attending-christmas-show-with-child/4004471/

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
#surveillance #facialrecognition #banfacialrecognition #biometric

“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.”

https://www.biometricupdate.com/202207/un-human-rights-committee-expected-to-question-irelands-plans-for-facial-recognition

CC @noybeu

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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)
#privacy #HumanRights #gdpr #ireland #facialrecognition #enforcement @noyb.eu

“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.

https://inkl.com/a/nEYYNGfJNlJ

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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…
inkl
#biometrics #heyJustChangeYourFace #whatcouldpossiblygowrong #facialrecognition #mastercard

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