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Live facial recognition quietly expanded into immigration system
Original: Live facial recognition is being expanded into the immigration system without scrutiny, transparency or public consent.
Campaigners warn that live facial recognition is being rolled out into the immigration system without scrutiny, transparency or public consent. Open Rights Group says its new report shows the biased technology is embedded in border infrastructure, arguing it encodes discrimination into the automated systems used to police immigration and calling for public accountability over its use.
Why now: A new report raising civil-liberties concerns about automated surveillance at borders has drawn attention to the government's use of facial recognition in immigration enforcement.
Open Rights Groupimmigration systemlive facial recognition
Evidence
- Live facial recognition is being expanded into the immigration system without scrutiny, transparency or public consent. Our report exposes the ways in which this biased tech forms part of the automated fortress. It encodes discrimination into the infrastructure of border… · openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · 17
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