Facial recognition: where to draw the line?
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A live demonstration uses artificial intelligence and facial recognition, at the Horizon Robotics exhibition in Las Vegas, January 10, 2019. © DAVID MCNEW / AFP
By: Romain Auzouy
1 min
A report by Amnesty International has sounded the alarm: according to the organization, the New York police are using facial recognition methods to track people.
Facial recognition makes it possible to identify individuals from photos found on the internet or via video surveillance cameras.
An invasion of privacy, says the NGO.
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To discuss:
- Martin Drago
, jurist and member of La Quadrature du Net
- Anne-Sophie Simpere
, Freedoms Advocacy Officer at Amnesty International France and author of the book
How the State is attacking our freedoms: All watched and punished
(Editions Plon, January 2022)
- Olivier Tesquet
, journalist specializing in digital issues at Télérama, author of the books
À la trace
(Premier Parallèle, 2020) and
State of technological emergency
(Premier Parallèle, 2021).
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