Tag: biometric surveillance
Historic moment: European Parliament speaks out for the first time in favour of banning biometric mass surveillance in the EU
Today, the European Parliament by 259:403:30 votes rejected the attempt to remove the call for a ban on biometric mass surveillance, such as by means of facial recognition in public …
Open letter: MEPs call on European Parliament to vote for a ban on biometric mass surveillance in Europe
Tomorrow, members of the European Parliament will vote on a resolution on Artificial Intelligence in criminal law. In advance of the vote, an open letter sent by 25 …
Resistance to biometric mass surveillance is growing
The campaign for a ban on the controversial deployment of facial recognition systems in public spaces is gaining supporters: The European Parliament’s Rapporteur on the …
Pirates present game on biometric mass surveillance
Brussels, 16/07/2021 – Today, the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament launches the social impact video game ‘The Biometric Outrun’ to raise awareness of the urgent need to ban …
EU seeks global standards for AI, civil rights groups fret | Reuters [external]
The European Commission on Wednesday announced tough draft rules on the use of artificial intelligence, including a ban on most surveillance, in an …
Europol and counterterrorism: Commission calls for biometric mass surveillance and attacks encryption
Today, the European Commission presented new proposals for the reform of Europol and a strategy to combat terrorism. Europol has just been reprimanded by the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS). Now …