Surprises in China’s ongoing biometric surveillance of its Uyghurs
Chinese surveillance system maker Dahua is responding to an industry trade publication that allegedly found evidence Dahua systems are at…
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Biometrics in warfare, surveillance raise new oversight challenges
A new Congressional Research Service (CRS) report warns that biometric technologies are moving from routine identity verification into more consequential…
Report finds US technology still flowing into China’s surveillance system
A new report by the Democratic minority of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States…
Biometrics has been drafted into the battle between AI fraud and AI defenses
Biometrics implementations for public services are expanding in countries around the world, even as AI-enabled fraud and deepfakes threaten online…
Huawei, Hikvision, Dahua face lawsuit for role in Uyghur biometric surveillance
The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) – an international organization defending the interest of Uyghur people in and out of China…
St. Petersburg plans to introduce ethnicity recognition to monitor migrants
The Russian city of St. Petersburg plans to equip 8,000 cameras with ethnicity recognition capabilities to monitor its migrant population,…
Georgia’s surveillance cameras under scrutiny amid anti-government protests
Over the past years, Georgia has installed more than 4,300 “smart” cameras on its streets. The surveillance networks – built…
Dahua distances itself from Xinjiang biometric surveillance by cancelling contracts
Biometric surveillance camera-maker Dahua has announced that it and its subsidiaries have cancelled contracts for five projects with local governments…
Prembly announces updates with IDV endpoints for Kenya, Zambia
Prembly Group says it has launched a new identity verification endpoint for the Zambian national ID card, and an Individual…
China starts national digital ID trial barely a week after releasing draft plan
China has launched a trial of its national digital identity system across 81 apps, just days after the release of…
