Israel’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation has advanced a controversial bill that would give the government far-reaching surveillance powers. The bill would allow the government (including the police) to apply facial […]

Civil rights groups are pushing back against a planned biometric data collection program in Greece. The program was first announced in 2019, when Greek police signed a €4.5 million deal […]

The Biden Administration is looking to pass new legislation that would prevent abuses of AI technologies. To that end, the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) has issued a […]

“South Wales police have confirmed that they will not be using facial recognition technology during the South Wales derby this weekend, which will see a showdown between Cardiff City and […]

The Governmental Accountability Office (GAO) has released an extensive report on the facial recognition habits of US government agencies. The report includes feedback from 24 organizations, 19 of which are […]

China’s highest court has issued a ruling that could significantly limit the scope of facial recognition programs in the country. To that end, the Supreme People’s Court has stated that […]

The Vancouver Police Department (VPD) is in the process of drafting new policy guidelines to govern its use of facial recognition. The Department is hoping to complete a draft of […]

The Electronic Frontier Foundation is arguing that law enforcement officers should not be able to collect someone’s DNA or perform searches in a consumer-facing genealogy database without first obtaining a […]

Amnesty International is launching a new “Ban the Scan” campaign in an effort to end the police use of facial recognition. The organization will begin its campaign in New York […]

IBM has come out in favor of restricting the export of facial recognition technologies to oppressive regimes. As Reuters reports, IBM’s statement is in response to a request for public […]