The Manchester, New Hampshire, police department is trying to recruit local businesses and the general public into a large-scale video surveillance scheme. The police are specifically hoping to deploy a […]

Israeli police are continuing to test the limits of the country’s facial recognition legislation. The law enforcement organization asked the country’s Attorney General for a special exemption for the Jerusalem […]

Another Long Beach, California, Commission is calling for a ban on the police use of facial recognition technology. The city’s Technology and Innovation Commission voiced its support for a ban […]

The Russian government is now demanding that state-owned banks provide their customers’ biometric data to the state’s Unified Biometric System. According to new reports, the government directive went out in […]

Irish lawmakers are moving forward with plans to give the national police access to facial recognition technology. The current version of the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill gives the Irish […]

Roy Friedman is taking Israel’s Population and Immigration Authority to task for mishandling biometric data that was captured at the Israeli border. Friedman is the head of the Identity and […]

Law enforcement agencies and industry lobbyists are starting to push back against some of the facial recognition bans that were put in place across the United States. A little more […]

A group of senators is trying to advance facial recognition legislation in France. To that end, the senators have filed a report that advocates for the creation of strict facial […]

Clearview AI is on the verge of wrapping up one of its lawsuits in Illinois. The ACLU filed the suit back in May of 2020, alleging that the company’s practice […]

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 […]