knowing that one of the current tech policy advisors to gov't is an ex-director of policy at Tony Blair Institute, I'm certain what Blair is describing in this video will make it to the cut as proposition https://youtu.be/alnNJ3vR9qY
how a reasonable person can campaign for facial recognition – and pulling statistics how it led to more arrests as an argument, considering its proven racial bias – is baffling
Artificial intelligence and human rights: our contributions to the 192nd session of the IACHR
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) held an official regional hearing on "Artificial intelligence and human rights" during its 192nd session. This space provided us with an opportunity to discuss the impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) on fundament
Big change toward paperless air travel. #privacy #facialrecognition #ai https://youtu.be/qRWRNiRx0_k?si=OL_aDL3qM8YnIYPR
Gizmodo: Discord Begins Testing Facial Scans for Age Verification. “Discord has begun requiring some users in the United Kingdom and Australia to verify their age through a facial scan before being permitted to access sensitive content. The chat app’s new process has been described as an ‘experiment,’ and comes in response to laws passed in those countries that place guardrails on youth […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/19/gizmodo-discord-begins-testing-facial-scans-for-age-verification/
Dear fucking god, no...
https://gizmodo.com/discord-begins-testing-facial-scans-for-age-verification-2000590188
What could possibly go wrong? Luckily hackers are really bad at acquiring this kind of data.
Discord's face scanning age checks 'start of a bigger shift' | @BBCNews
｢ The social platform, which says it has over 200 million monthly users around the world, was initially used by gamers but now has communities on a wide range of topics including pornography.
The UK's online safety laws mean platforms with adult content will need have "robust" age verification in place by July ｣
The European Commission must act now to defend #FundamentalRights from Hungary's #PrideBan and the use of #FacialRecognition against protestors
EDRi, in a coalition of 24 CSOs, is calling on the Commission to ensure that the #HumanRights of #LGBTQIA+ people in #Hungary and beyond are protected. The organisers and people marching at hashtag#Pride in Budapest should be able to safely and peacefully assemble and protest 
Read our collective demands 
https://edri.org/our-work/civil-society-to-european-commission-act-now-to-defend-fundamental-rights-from-hungarys-pride-ban-and-the-use-of-facial-recognition-against-protesters/
Really glad @wired.com is making videos like this.
#surveillance #protest #ethics #HumanRights #OSINT #SurveillanceCapitalism #facialRecognition
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:meeqsjtk2rb5ygzm3qygcvr3/post/3lmx5heudlk22
Educating is part of how we #resist #tyranny. Be smart, be safe, plan ahead and most of all, do it peacefully.
Thanks #Wired!
#fight #oligarchy #autocracy #eattherich #protest #FacialRecognition #data
#HigherEd #CalState #AI #surveillance #FacialRecognition #SanDiego
"The surveillance system upgrades at SDSU resemble moves made by the City of San Diego in previous years – many of which faced significant backlash from residents around privacy issues."
A core claim of facial analysis technology — that it can reliably measure attendee emotions at events — is seriously flawed.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/technology/2024/06/facial-analysis-part-three
And if I'm not mistaken, these fascists are using #facialrecognition to target people to arrest
Dissent Management / PreCrime
#Algorithms #facialrecognition, and tightening #protest laws signal a deepening #surveillance state U.K.
@nullagent
Of course the best answer (for a given definition of best) is to avoid the region and make it as unprofitable as practicable, while finding ways to support conventional policing and strengthen democratic institutions in other regions.
So it is therefore clearly on a completely unrelated note that I share this link to amusing printed masks of your favourite topical celebrities and politicians, (from a Chinese supplier, please do share a link to manufacturers in friendlier states, if anyone has one).
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005008613350140.html
Facial Recognition bypassed by criminals using creepy masks that look a bit like 007 Goldeneye NPC faces.
#security #EU #technology #biometrics #crime #opsec #facialrecognition
#Facebook Pushes Its #Llama4 #AI Model to the Right, Wants to Present “Both Sides”
#Bias in artificial intelligence systems, or the fact that large language models, facial recognition, and #AI image generators can only remix and regurgitate the information in data those technologies are trained on, is a wellestablished fact that researchers and academics have been warning about since their inception.
#maga #right #bothsides #llm #facialrecognition
Boarding passes and check-in could be scrapped in air travel shake-up
How the UK is shaping a future of Precrime and dissent management
Algorithms, facial recognition, and tightening protest laws signal a deepening surveillance state
~ Blade Runner ~
"The UK is expanding its use of predictive policing and surveillance, framing it as a response to crime, protest, and public safety. But the direction is clear: more monitoring, earlier intervention, and more control over dissent.
In early April, The Guardian revealed that the Ministry of Justice is developing a “murder prevention” system. The tool aims to identify individuals judged to be at high risk of committing lethal violence, based on data drawn from multiple agencies—social care, policing, education. The government has framed the project as a research initiative to improve risk assessments and early intervention. But its underlying logic marks a shift toward ‘precrime’—managing individuals on the basis of what they might do, rather than what they’ve done."
