In Mannheim, an automated system reports hugs to the police - AlgorithmWatch –
But there's something else going on in the square: it is also a testing ground for what Baden-Württemberg’s interior ministry describes as Europe's first ever intelligent video surveillance system, which is now about to be tested in Hamburg.
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Mannheim, a large city on the Rhine, deployed a video system that claims to automatically detect physical violence in some streets. It can confuse hugging with strangling, and it is unclear whether it can actually prevent violence.
At the Alter Messplatz in Mannheim, four men sit on benches by the water while kids race scooters around the square. Earlier, two women thought the building behind the men was a public toilet, but it is a performance space, part of a new community center that houses a bar, basketball court and sports equipment rental.
But there's something else going on in the square: it is also a testing ground for what Baden-Württemberg’s interior ministry describes as Europe's first ever intelligent video surveillance system, which is now about to be tested in Hamburg.
#VSA #Surveillance #FacialRecognition #Germany
#Manheim #Hamburg #EU