US state, Ireland curb police use of facial recognition

The push and pull of police policy governing biometric surveillance has been tugged hard by privacy advocates. Law enforcement in Ireland and a large U.S. state have been restricted in how they use facial recognition.

Last week, the European Parliament voted on the European Union's proposed Artificial Intelligence Act. The version it passed would ban the live use of facial recognition. Police could use it to review serious crime and, even then, a judge would have to sign off. …

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