#FacialRecognition in public spaces turns us all into walking barcodes.
EDRi along with Big Brother Watch & 177 civil society groups & experts from around the world to say:
🚫Stop Facial Recognition surveillance now🚫
Read full statement(PDF download) ⤵️
However, EU governments are pushing back in the final negotiations on the AI Act, claiming – without evidence – that we need these systems for safety and security. To the contrary, we are here to remind them that when our every moves are tracked and analysed without due cause, none of us are safer.
This letter remains open for additional individual and organisation signatures. Add your signature here.
The UK’s Information Commissioner recently found that facial recognition firm Facewatch, whose software is used by retailers across the UK including Southern Co-op supermarkets, had breached a string of privacy rules
i have posted about FaceWatch before
Research by Big Brother Watch, one of the groups that co-ordinated the international statement, found that over 89% of UK police facial recognition alerts to date have wrongly identified members of the public as people of interest
https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/2023/09/180-tech-experts-call-for-global-stop-to-facial-recognition-surveillance