Passports may soon become obsolete as facial recognition and smartphones take over
Concerns about privacy and security are already being raised
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Defense Department began testing AI surveillance system to safeguard critical military assets
A commercial AI surveillance solution which can be tailored to specific DoD needs
Meta reintroduces facial recognition to combat celebrity scam ads, account hackers
Meta scrapped its facial recognition tech in 2021
Dutch regulator fines Clearview AI $33.6 million for GDPR violations
Non-compliance has authorities are looking into holding company directors personally responsible
The NFL is implementing facial authentication across all stadiums (updated)
Fans are not a part of the program, they will have their tickets scanned as normal
Argentina's president wants to predict crime using AI algorithms
New AI government unit will make fight against crime more effective and... timely?
Meta agrees to pay $1.4 billion in Texas lawsuit for abusing facial recognition tech
Facepalm: Meta attempted to use Facebook as a giant surveillance service to profit from users' personal data. The company ultimately failed in the endeavor and is now facing significant financial penalties as a result, which includes a massive settlement due to the state of Texas over the next five years.
New rules for Detroit police after wrongful arrest prompts facial recognition scrutiny
No more arresting people based only on FRT
A hot potato: Detroit police will no longer make arrests based only on facial recognition software results. The change is part of a settlement in a lawsuit that saw a man wrongfully arrested after the technology misidentified him as a theft suspect.
Clearview AI wants to pay Americans pennies in company equity for violating their privacy
WTF?! The endlessly beleaguered facial recognition company Clearview AI is making news again. However, it's not over the startup's image scraping practices, which are questionable at best. This time, the company is attempting to keep itself out of bankruptcy by offering millions of plaintiffs in a privacy class action a stake in the company worth about 30 cents per claimant after lawyer fees.
FTC denies rating board's suggestion for age verification system
Editor's take: The ESRB has one job: rate games by maturity level based on content. So why did it involve itself in a proposal to add a new age verification system for parents to use to provide consent for data collection on their children? All that did was confuse the public about what facial age estimation is and how it would be used, leading to it getting shot down by the FTC.
Russian authorities used facial recognition tech to identify and arrest Navalny funeral attendees
Cameras were installed days before the ceremony
Facial recognition software discovered in college campus vending machines
Manufacturer offers biometric-based analytics services to advertisers
UK government is now using AI to make life-changing decisions for its citizens
Investigators fear incidents could cause a significant scandal
IBM vowed to dial back facial recognition tech, but recently landed $70 million contract to develop it
Diving back into shark-infested waters
EFF calls for action against California's new facial recognition bill
State authorities should not normalize government use of face recognition tech
USAF begins implementing facial recognition on some of its drone fleet
The drones are intended to provide support functions rather than combat
Facial recognition leads to week-long wrongful imprisonment
Louisiana police have few, if any restrictions on using facial recognition
Madison Square Garden uses facial recognition against legal opponent
Company banned lawyers suing it from its venues, identifying them with facial recognition
TSA is ready for nationwide deployment of its facial recognition system
A hot potato: What started as a limited pilot project to test facial recognition technology could soon become the norm for screening and ID routines in all US airports. At least, that's what the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is planning for next year.
UK privacy watchdog fines Clearview £7.5 million and orders database purge
Clearview says the UK has no jurisdiction to hand it fines
Facebook is giving $397 payments to Illinois residents as part of its facial-recognition lawsuit settlement
That free money isn't a scam
IRS will transition away from facial recognition after wave of criticism
A major win for privacy advocates
French privacy authority demands Clearview AI flush facial recognition data gathered within its borders
A statement from the CEO implies it will not be complying with the order
Clearview AI close to being awarded a US patent for its facial recognition tech
The problematic march of facial recognition systems continues
Privacy commission demands Clearview AI delete all facial recognition data collected in Australia
Regulator says biometric data collection without consent is illegal, regardless of whether the data is public or not