Its pretty clear that the use of facial recognition technologies (both by the police & by retailers and other private organisations) is galloping ahead.... while regulation is lagging severely, leaving little recourse to people caught up in wrong identifications (down-played by those deploying the technology).
Given the UK's already high use of CCTV, the 'surveillance society' is already 'Orwellian' & this technology compounds that effect.
#FacialRecognition #politics
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/may/03/ai-facial-recognition-oversight-lagging-far-behind-technology-watchdogs-warn
@ChrisMayLA6 Regulation? If anything, the politicians globally, are racing to regulate obligatory surveillance into being, everywhere and at all times. They are actually helping Palantir and american IT giants to earn more money off the european tax payer.
@h4890
Yes, but there is a (potential) difference between the regulation to make surveillance mandatory & supported and the regulation to limit its use & allow for appeals against AI 'judgements'.... even if these tow things are often conflated (both politically & practically) - there is always a distinction to be draw between facilitative regulation & constraining regulation even if they exist within the same statuary instrument