A growing bloc of EU Parliament members support a total ban on facial recognition technology, Politico reports. Renew, the third largest group in EU Parliament, signed on with Greens and Socialists and Democrats to back an initiative that would ban technology “that scans crowds indiscriminately and in real-time.” Opponents of facial recognition claim the tech is a tool for authoritarian governments to persecute dissidents and minorities, while being prone to demonstrate bias against people of color. Nation states may oppose the ban so their security apparatuses can keep using facial recognition.
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