EU Parliament overwhelmingly votes for a non-binding resolution banning police use of facial recognition and AI-powered predictive policing
The European Parliament today called for a ban on police use of facial recognition technology in public places, and on predictive policing … Source: European Parliament .
Bans on live facial recognition etc are supported by power players such as European data protection watchdogs. The GDPR is sacred in Brussels and the data protection/mass surveillance argument is a strong and influential one. 4/7
The European Parliament has just shown the majority of MEPs think the AI Act should go further. @brandobenifei, the bill's lead negotiator in the EP, will likely manage to include a total ban in his amendments. Momentum is growing to also ban its use from private companies. 3/7
Parliament's best bet is to propose as strong and sweeping bans as possible to allow room for negotiation. Maybe it'll succeed, but a moratorium, extra strict vetting or narrowing the use cases for law enforcement even further is a more likely final compromise. 7/7
The European Commission, which drafts laws, has proposed that the bloc's AI regulation, the AI Act, restricts the use of remote biometric identification in public places from law enforcement, unless it is to fight serious crime such as terrorism or kidnappings. 2/7
The European Parliament just passed a resolution calling for a ban facial recognition in public, and shows MEPs are keen to push for stronger binding restrictions in the EU's AI Act. https://www.politico.eu/...
So what are the chances the EU will really ban the use of facial recognition in public places from law enforcement? It's possible... but! Thread 🧵 1/7 https://www.politico.eu/...