Ian Dunt (@IanDunt): "The purpose of the Public Order Act is to make the trigger for criminal penalties so broad, and the meaning of key terms so nebulous, that it will be hard for a protester to ever really know they are abiding by the law. https://inews.co.uk/opinion/most-draconian-assault-free-speech-living-memory-now-law-2313273" | nitter – https://nitter.net/IanDunt/status/1654034279641350150#m

#UK #FacialRecognition

#Clearview fined again in France for failing to comply with privacy orders | TechCrunch – https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/10/clearview-ai-another-cnil-gspr-fine/

Clearview AI, the U.S. startup that’s attracted notoriety in recent years for a massive privacy violation after it scraped selfies off the internet and used people’s data to build a facial recognition tool it pitched to law enforcement and others, has been hit with another fine in France over non-cooperation with the data protection regulator.
#facialrecognition #ai

The Israeli authorities are using an facial recognition system known as Red Wolf to track Palestinians and automate harsh restrictions on their freedom of movement, Red Wolf is part of an ever-growing surveillance network which is entrenching the Israeli government’s control over Palestinians, and which helps to maintain Israel’s system of apartheid. Red Wolf is deployed at military checkpoints in the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, where it scans Palestinians’ faces and adds them to vast surveillance databases without their consent.

#facialrecognition technology supports a dense network of (CCTV) cameras to keep Palestinians under near-constant observation. Automated #Apartheid shows how this #surveillance is part of a deliberate attempt by Israeli authorities to create a hostile and coercive environment for Palestinians.

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/05/israel-opt-israeli-authorities-are-using-facial-recognition-technology-to-entrench-apartheid/

#Palestine #Israel #RedWolf

Documenting the rise of facial recognition in the UK
https://invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=bX-Yxy1ESAQ&local=true

Facial recognition surveillance turns us into walking ID cards, and treats members of the public like suspects in a high-tech police line up.

Our new detailed report, Biometric Britain: The Expansion of Facial Recognition Surveillance, lays out how police, retailers, tech companies and even some schools are investing huge sums of money into this intrusive technology.

#UK #BigBrother #FacialRecognition #Surveillance #biometric #BigBrotherWatchUK

Israel Is Using a Vast Network of Biometric Cameras to Terrorize Palestinians - Truthout – June 2023

The facial recognition surveillance system violates Palestinians’ human rights to freedom of movement and privacy.

Israel is deepening its system of apartheid in the occupied Palestinian territories by using artificial intelligence-powered biometric facial recognition technology to track and restrict the movements of Palestinian people.

Facial recognition technology identifies and categorizes people on the basis of their physical features, including race, ethnicity, gender, age and disability status.

#Israel #Palestine #Apartheid #Technology #FacialRecognition #surveillance #AI #Biometrics

Sony, Honda, Ford, Genesis, and Mullen Automotive nod toward facial recognition tech | Biometric Update –

A slew of the world’s largest automakers, including Sony, Honda, Ford, Genesis, and Mullen Automotive, have all either recently announced or patented facial recognition technologies.

A newly unveiled prototype car from Sony and Honda, called “Afeela,” is set to employ facial recognition to unlock the vehicle and open its door.

The semiconductors and chipsets set to underpin this biometric tech will be provided by electronics giant Qualcomm.

The firms will start taking orders in 2025, with U.S. deliveries set to start in 2026

#Automobile #FacialRecognition

In Mannheim, an automated system reports hugs to the police - AlgorithmWatch –

Mannheim, a large city on the Rhine, deployed a video system that claims to automatically detect physical violence in some streets. It can confuse hugging with strangling, and it is unclear whether it can actually prevent violence.

At the Alter Messplatz in Mannheim, four men sit on benches by the water while kids race scooters around the square. Earlier, two women thought the building behind the men was a public toilet, but it is a performance space, part of a new community center that houses a bar, basketball court and sports equipment rental.


But there's something else going on in the square: it is also a testing ground for what Baden-Württemberg’s interior ministry describes as Europe's first ever intelligent video surveillance system, which is now about to be tested in Hamburg. 

#VSA #Surveillance #FacialRecognition #Germany
#Manheim #Hamburg #EU

Israel's automated occupation Part 1/2 - 2023
How Israel automated occupation in #Hebron

Palestinians in Hebron are some of the most heavily monitored and controlled people on the planet.

In the first episode of a two-part special, Tariq Nafi reports from the occupied West Bank on the previously unknown facial recognition system ‘Red Wolf’, uncovered by Amnesty International and Breaking the Silence.

Contributors:
Izzat Karaki — activist; volunteer, Youth Against Settlements
Sophia Goodfriend — journalist; researcher, Duke University
Matt Mahmoudi — researcher and adviser, Amnesty International
Former Major General B — ex-Israeli military officer who spoke to Al Jazeera on condition of anonymity.

#15minuteCity #surveillance #RedWolf #FacialRecognition #Apartheid #Palestine #unit8200

Inside Israel’s surveillance machine part 2/2 - 2023

Palestinian existence in Jerusalem is under threat - carefully watched, recorded and restricted. In the Old City’s narrow streets and alleys, cameras are inescapable.

In the second episode of a two-part special, Tariq Nafi reports from the occupied West Bank, on how Israel’s surveillance machine infiltrates the lives of Palestinians. He also speaks with a former Israeli lieutenant in Unit 8200 - the elite intelligence unit responsible for spying on Palestinians.

Contributors:
Rula Jamal - Head of Monitoring & Documentation, Al Haq
Jalal Abukhater - Writer
Amal Sumarin - Silwan resident
Helga Tawil-Souri - Associate Professor, NYU
Israeli former Lieutenant Eli - Unit 8200

#15minuteCity #surveillance #Unit8200 #Palestine #Apartheid #Surveillance #RedWolf #FacialRecognition

In November 2021 the Washington Post published a stunning exposé on the use of 'Blue Wolf', a new mass surveillance system being operated by soldiers in the West Bank to photograph and collect sensitive personal information on local Palestinians. The story, which was brought to light thanks to several testimonies given by IDF soldiers to Breaking the Silence, represents a massive escalation in Israel's pursuit of control over the Palestinian civilian population in the West Bank, and raises some serious questions on the role of technology within the context of the occupation.
Breaking the Silence

#BlueWolf #RedWolf #Apartheid #Palestine #FacialRecognition #Surveillance #BreakingTheSilence

#Documentaire

About Face (Recognition) | EFF

Is your face truly your own, or is it a commodity to be sold, a weapon to be used against you? A company called #Clearview AI has scraped the internet to gather (without consent) 30 billion images to support a tool that lets users identify people by picture alone. Though it’s primarily used by law enforcement, should we have to worry that the eavesdropper at the next restaurant table, or the creep who’s bothering you in the bar, or the protestor outside the abortion clinic can surreptitiously snap a pic of you, upload it, and use it to identify you, where you live and work, your social media accounts, and more? 


Kashmir Hill has been writing about the intersection of #privacy and #technology for well over a decade; her book about Clearview AI’s rise and practices was published last fall. She speaks with the #EFF about how face recognition technology’s rapid evolution may have outpaced ethics and regulations, and where we might go from here. 

#FacialRecognition