Europe edges closer to a ban on facial recognition
A growing political coalition is now in favor of banning facial recognition tech that scans crowds indiscriminately and in real-time. Renew, which joins the Greens and Socialists & Democrats groups and is third largest group in the EU parliament, joined those in favor of restrictions on artificial intelligence that go far beyond anything in other technologically-advanced regions of the world including the U.S.
Opponents of live facial recognition tech argue that such tools are favored by authoritarian governments in places like Russia and China to track dissidents or vulnerable minorities, and are ultimately dangerous for civil liberties. They also point to risks of racial profiling and invasion of privacy, which led large companies including IBM, Amazon and Microsoft to suspend the sale of facial recognition tools to governments.
Source: Europe edges closer to a ban on facial recognition – POLITICO