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IBM quits facial-recognition market over police racial-profiling concerns
▻https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jun/09/ibm-quits-facial-recognition-market-over-law-enforcement-concerns

CEO writes to US Congress calling for ‘national dialogue’ about use in law enforcement IBM is pulling out of the facial recognition market and is calling for “a national dialogue” on the technology’s use in law enforcement. The abrupt about-face comes as technology companies are facing increased scrutiny over their contracts with police amid violent crackdowns on peaceful protest across America. In a public letter to Congress, IBM chief executive, Arvind Krishna, explained the company’s (...)

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Rights groups join student demands to bar facial recognition at colleges - CNET
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The ACLU, EFF and several other groups sign a letter of support for the student demands. Students shouldn’t have to worry that colleges and universities are tracking their movements with facial recognition, a group of rights organizations said in an open letter Thursday. The letter supports demands by student groups around the country that their schools promise not to use the technology on campus. Civil liberties groups like the ACLU, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Liberty (...)

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PI and Liberty submit a new legal challenge after MI5 admits that vast troves of personal data was held in “ungoverned spaces” | PI
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Friday, January 31, 2020 Privacy International (PI) and Liberty have filed on Friday a complaint with the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT), the judicial body that oversees the intelligence agencies, against MI5 in relation to how they handle vast troves of personal data. The longstanding and serious failings of MI5 in relation to these ‘ungoverned spaces’ first emerged in PI’s pre-existing case (Privacy International v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and others), (...)

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81% of ’suspects’ flagged by Met’s police facial recognition technology innocent, independent report says | Science & Tech News | Sky News
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Four out of five people identified by the Metropolitan Police’s facial recognition technology as possible suspects are innocent, according to an independent report. Researchers found that the controversial system is 81% inaccurate - meaning that, in the vast majority of cases, it flagged up faces to police when they were not on a wanted list. The force maintains its technology only makes a mistake in one in 1,000 cases - but it uses a different measurement to arrive at this conclusion. (...)

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Met police to begin using live facial recognition cameras | Technology | The Guardian
▻https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jan/24/met-police-begin-using-live-facial-recognition-cameras

Civil liberties groups condemn move as ‘a breathtaking assault on our rights’ The Metropolitan police will start using live facial recognition, Britain’s biggest force has announced. The decision to deploy the controversial technology, which has been dogged by privacy concerns and questions over its lawfulness, was immediately condemned by civil liberties groups, who described the move as “a breathtaking assault on our rights”. But the Met said that after two years of trials, it was ready to (...)

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’We are hurtling towards a surveillance state’ : the rise of facial recognition technology
▻https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/oct/05/facial-recognition-technology-hurtling-towards-surveillance-state

It can pick out shoplifters, international criminals and lost children in seconds. But as the cameras proliferate, who’s watching the watchers ? Gordon’s wine bar is reached through a discreet side-door, a few paces from the slipstream of London theatregoers and suited professionals powering towards their evening train. A steep staircase plunges visitors into a dimly lit cavern, lined with dusty champagne bottles and faded newspaper clippings, which appears to have had only minor (...)

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Office worker launches UK’s first police facial recognition legal action
▻https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/may/21/office-worker-launches-uks-first-police-facial-recognition-legal-action

Ed Bridges, from Cardiff, says ‘intrusive’ technology is used on thousands of people An office worker who believes his image was captured by facial recognition cameras when he popped out for a sandwich in his lunch break has launched a groundbreaking legal battle against the use of the technology. Supported by the campaign group Liberty, Ed Bridges, from Cardiff, raised money through crowdfunding to pursue the action, claiming the suspected use of the technology on him by South Wales police (...)

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Police face legal action over use of facial recognition cameras
▻https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jun/14/police-face-legal-action-over-use-of-facial-recognition-cameras

Campaigners say technology risks turning UK citizens into ‘walking ID cards’ Two legal challenges have been launched against police forces in south Wales and London over their use of automated facial recognition (AFR) technology on the grounds the surveillance is unregulated and violates privacy. The claims are backed by the human rights organisations Liberty and Big Brother Watch following complaints about biometric checks at the Notting Hill carnival, on Remembrance Sunday, at (...)

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