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Latest 14 May 2022

U.S. cities are backing off banning facial recognition as crime rises

By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Facial recognition is making a comeback in the United States as bans to thwart the technology and curb racial bias in policing come…

Comuniq.EU · 24 Apr 2021 Facial recognition should be banned, EU privacy watchdog says Facial recognition should be banned in Europe because of its "deep and non-democratic intrusion" into people's private lives, EU privacy watchdog the… European Parliament · 6 Feb 2020 European parliament says it will not use facial recognition technology The European parliament has insisted it has no plans to introduce facial recognition technology after a leaked internal memo discussing its use… UK · 5 Sep 2019 Facial recognition can be legally used by police forces in the UK Facial recognition can be legally used by police forces in the UK, judges have ruled. As the world's first case against the… European Commission · 22 Aug 2019 EU plans sweeping regulation of facial recognition The European Commission is exploring ways to impose strict limits on the use of facial recognition technology to stamp out creeping public… USA · 15 May 2019 San Francisco bans facial recognition San Francisco has voted to ban the use of facial recognition, the first US city to do so. The emerging technology will…