Student data grab grows as facial recognition planned for Hong Kong schools

Children attending school in Hong Kong will be monitored in classes and around educational facilities with security cameras and a system that includes facial recognition, according to plans published by police.

A new Safe City Hong Kong website describes a host of technologies and other measures for the island’s schools, according to Radio Free Asia. While ostensibly planned as a school safety measure, the article says residents fear a further transition to the same kind of culture of political …

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