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EU civil rights groups want ban on biometric surveillance

By Foo Yun Chee

Feb 18 2021 12:06PM

Ahead of new laws.

EU civil rights groups want ban on biometric surveillance

Civil and digital rights groups launched a petition seeking the support of one million Europeans to help pressure the European Union to ban biometric mass surveillance ahead of laws on artificial intelligence (AI) due this year. Surveillance tools such as facial recognition systems have ...

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