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06 October 2021The European Parliament calls for

"strong safeguards"

when artificial intelligence tools (known by the acronym Artificial intelligence -Ai) are used by

law enforcement

.



In a resolution adopted with 377 votes in favor, 248 against and 62 abstentions, MEPs stress the

risk of bias of algorithms

in AI applications and argue that

human supervision and a "clear legal framework"

are necessary to prevent discrimination, especially when used by law enforcement and border control forces.



Many identification technologies in use, MEPs note, already induce many

errors

identification and classification, especially to the detriment of people belonging to certain racial or ethnic groups, LGBT people, children, the elderly and women.



To ensure respect for fundamental human rights,

algorithms should be transparent, traceable and sufficiently documented

, MEPs ask, and public authorities should disclose their applications as Open Source software. MEPs also call for a permanent ban on the use of automatic facial recognition of people in public spaces, stressing that citizens should only be monitored if suspected of a crime.  



Parliament calls for a ban on the use of

private databases as well

facial recognition (such as the Clearview Ai system, a database of over three billion images collected without authorization from social networks) and predictive police based on behavioral data. They are also calling for a ban on social scoring systems, which seek to gauge citizens' trustworthiness based on their behavior or personality.



Finally, Parliament is concerned about the use of

biometric data for remote identification

people, such as border control gates that use automatic recognition and the iBorderCtrl project, an 'intelligent lie detection system' for the entry of travelers into the EU.

Such systems, say parliamentarians, should no longer be used and the Commission should open infringement procedures against Member States if necessary.





Moratorium, also in Italy

"The stop passed by the European Parliament against discrimination linked to the use of artificial intelligence further defines a regulatory framework that is now very clear on the risks of technologies such as facial recognition. Moratorium suffered also in Italy, to move".

The deputy of the Democratic Party,

Filippo Sensi

, writes in a tweet

.


The stop passed at @Europarl_IT against discrimination related to the use of artificial intelligence further defines a regulatory framework that is now very clear on the risks of technologies such as facial recognition.

Moratorium also suffered in Italy, move

- nomfup (@nomfup) October 6, 2021