French politicians vow legal action on alleged illegal facial recognition use by police

A recent report that the French national police has been using a facial recognition system from Israel illegally for the past eight years has unsettled politicians in the country with some of them saying they’re taking legal action on the matter.

One of the political parties that has been irked by the development is left-wing populist party La France Insoumise, whose lawmakers are also calling for a parliamentary commission of inquiry to be set up to dig into the matter, …

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