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'Historic Moment': EU Approves Call for Sweeping Ban on Facial Recognition Surveillance

Oct 06, 2021 View Original Article
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Using securitisation narratives, the EPP sought to reserve the ability for law enforcement to adopt predictive policing and biometric mass surveillance practices.
47% : "For the first time ever," he continued, "we are calling for a moratorium on the deployment of facial recognition systems for law enforcement purposes, as the technology has proven to be ineffective and often leads to discriminatory results.

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