Grants to investigate digital ID issues, COVID surveillance tech launched
The Africa-China Reporting Project (ACRP), in alliance with two of its partners (Paradigm Initiative and Omidyar Network), has unveiled a…
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The Africa-China Reporting Project (ACRP), in alliance with two of its partners (Paradigm Initiative and Omidyar Network), has unveiled a…
Days after the United Kingdom’s biometrics surveillance regulator asked a Chinese camera maker to publicly clarify its participation in the…
A UK justice committee has reacted with alarm at the lack of awareness, control and oversight of AI technologies including…
Making international borders more secure can be done while protecting the human rights of people crossing those borders, according to…
European Parliament lawmaker Svenja Hahn called for the establishment of a “positive approach” to rules for artificial intelligence applications, including…
Digital identity projects for national ID and border control are being initiated or advanced by governments around the world, creating…
A new survey by Pew Research shows 46 percent of U.S. adults think the “widespread use of facial recognition technology…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), a nonprofit advocacy group, has filed a lawsuit against Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari…
An unusually diverse team of researchers say they have created the better human race recognition system. There has been some…
A research group picking through U.S. lobbying activity about facial recognition shows fairly modest spending by most organizations last year,…