European parliament says it will not use facial recognition tech
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Re: European parliament says it will not use facial recognition tech
#2As usual, politicians start to claim privacy rights when it comes to them, and yet this technology is already being tested throughout major European cities.
The hypocrisy is real.
Re: European parliament says it will not use facial recognition tech
#3As usual, politicians start to claim privacy rights when it comes to them, and yet this technology is already being tested throughout major European cities. The hypocrisy is real.
Well to be honest those politicians will also be affected by the facial recognition tech used in the cities they live in just as any other citizen. If I were them I'd actively try to buck the trend not just wash my hands of it.
But I think the point they want to make is that they did not mandate using it. Something along the lines of "you can use it but don't blame me for setting the trend" I'd guess.
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#4It is good to see that large scale surveillance is rejected. But I know it is important to stay vigilant. The EU certainly has an ambition to be more attractive as a location for tech, but I think surveillance and security technologies have a high amount of grifters and should not be encouraged.
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#5As usual, politicians start to claim privacy rights when it comes to them, and yet this technology is already being tested throughout major European cities. The hypocrisy is real.
the EU allows its countries to pursue their own policies, this is not hypocrisy, its simply clarifying that the EU itself will not be implementing this technology.
What individual countries do is not up to the EU parliment.
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#6One could interpret this headline as 'misleading' : The parliament is not speaking on general policy, but only on the application of the technology on themselves ( the MEPs ).
Re: European parliament says it will not use facial recognition tech
#7As usual, politicians start to claim privacy rights when it comes to them, and yet this technology is already being tested throughout major European cities. The hypocrisy is real.
Did you read the article at all?
The European Union is already planning to introduce a temporary ban on facial recognition in public spaces - PRECISELY because the technology is being rolled out throughout European cities without first assessing the impact on rights such as privacy.
The story is about a leaked draft of a plan to introduce the same technology on the parliament itself - which would be inconsistent with the previous point.
I don't see any hypocrisy here.
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#8Been through an airport in the EU or going to the EU lately?
Re: European parliament says it will not use facial recognition tech
#9As usual, politicians start to claim privacy rights when it comes to them, and yet this technology is already being tested throughout major European cities. The hypocrisy is real.
the EU allows its countries to pursue their own policies, this is not hypocrisy, its simply clarifying that the EU itself will not be implementing this technology. What individual countries do is not up to the EU parliment.
Except when it comes to mass migration, human rights to protect terrorists, bureaucracy and other useless measures. Tuen the eu suddenly forgets about subsidiarity and moreover it bullies nations into submission.
Re: European parliament says it will not use facial recognition tech
#10It is good to see that large scale surveillance is rejected. But I know it is important to stay vigilant. The EU certainly has an ambition to be more attractive as a location for tech, but I think surveillance and security technologies have a high amount of grifters and should not be encouraged.
No it is not rejected. This is only about EU parliament building. In fact, I would like facial recognition to be used over there, so we know which EU MP is meeting which lobbyists, for me this is would be a legitimate usecase of such technology.