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This is how you kick facial recognition out of your town
Bans on the technology have mostly focused on law enforcement, but there’s a growing movement to get it out of school, parks, and private businesses too.
In San Francisco, a cop can’t use facial recognition technology on a person arrested. But a landlord can use it on a tenant, and a school district can use it on students.
This is where we find ourselves, smack in the middle of an era when cameras on the corner can automatically recognize passersby, whether they like it or not. The question of who should be able to use this technology, and who shouldn’t, remains largely unanswered in the US. So far, American backlash against facial recognition has been directed mainly at law enforcement. San Francisco and Oakland, as well as Somerville, Massachusetts, have all banned police from using the technology in the past year because the algorithms aren’t accurate for people of color and women. Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has even called for a moratorium on police use.
Private companies and property owners have had no such restrictions, and facial recognition is increasingly cropping up in apartment buildings, hotels, and more. Privacy advocates worry that constant surveillance will lead to discrimination and have a chilling effect on free speech—and the American public isn’t very comfortable with it either. According to a recent survey by Pew Research, people in the US actually feel better about cops using facial recognition than they do about private businesses.
👉🏼 Read more:
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614477/facial-recognition-law-enforcement-surveillance-private-industry-regulation-ban-backlash/
#surveillance #facialrecognition #lawenforcement #regulation #thinkabout
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Bans on the technology have mostly focused on law enforcement, but there’s a growing movement to get it out of school, parks, and private businesses too.
In San Francisco, a cop can’t use facial recognition technology on a person arrested. But a landlord can use it on a tenant, and a school district can use it on students.
This is where we find ourselves, smack in the middle of an era when cameras on the corner can automatically recognize passersby, whether they like it or not. The question of who should be able to use this technology, and who shouldn’t, remains largely unanswered in the US. So far, American backlash against facial recognition has been directed mainly at law enforcement. San Francisco and Oakland, as well as Somerville, Massachusetts, have all banned police from using the technology in the past year because the algorithms aren’t accurate for people of color and women. Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has even called for a moratorium on police use.
Private companies and property owners have had no such restrictions, and facial recognition is increasingly cropping up in apartment buildings, hotels, and more. Privacy advocates worry that constant surveillance will lead to discrimination and have a chilling effect on free speech—and the American public isn’t very comfortable with it either. According to a recent survey by Pew Research, people in the US actually feel better about cops using facial recognition than they do about private businesses.
👉🏼 Read more:
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614477/facial-recognition-law-enforcement-surveillance-private-industry-regulation-ban-backlash/
#surveillance #facialrecognition #lawenforcement #regulation #thinkabout
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The Politics of Datafication : The influence of lobbyists on the EU’s data protection reform and its consequences for the legitimacy of the General Data Protection Regulation
This study explores how one of the most talked about regulations in the internet policy domain was drafted. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been widely regarded as one of the most lobbied pieces of legislation in the history of the European Union (EU). This raises two questions: What policy alternatives were put forth by the EU institutions in the course of the GDPR’s legislative process, and how did they correspond to the ideas, issues and frames promoted by interest representatives?
What does the influence of organized interests and stakeholders in GDPR decision-making reveal about the democratic legitimacy of the process? Drawing on new institutionalism, this research traces the evolution of the GDPR, comparing the different EU institutions’ iterations of the new law with the positions of interest representatives, and simultaneously situating the GDPR in the history of data protection policy.
The results reveal that business groups dominated the public consultations prior to the Commission’s draft proposal, but the Commission’s approach was more closely aligned with the positions of civil society. Members of the European Parliament were, on the contrary, highly susceptible to the influence of business interests, until public salience of information privacy increased owing to Edward Snowden’s revelations of governmental mass surveillance by the National Security Agency. These revelations made it possible for policy entrepreneurs to push for stronger rules on data protection.
👉🏼 Read more:
https://helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10138/305981
#lobby #influencer #EU #DataProtection #datafication #GDPR #regulation #surveillance #Snowden #NSA
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This study explores how one of the most talked about regulations in the internet policy domain was drafted. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been widely regarded as one of the most lobbied pieces of legislation in the history of the European Union (EU). This raises two questions: What policy alternatives were put forth by the EU institutions in the course of the GDPR’s legislative process, and how did they correspond to the ideas, issues and frames promoted by interest representatives?
What does the influence of organized interests and stakeholders in GDPR decision-making reveal about the democratic legitimacy of the process? Drawing on new institutionalism, this research traces the evolution of the GDPR, comparing the different EU institutions’ iterations of the new law with the positions of interest representatives, and simultaneously situating the GDPR in the history of data protection policy.
The results reveal that business groups dominated the public consultations prior to the Commission’s draft proposal, but the Commission’s approach was more closely aligned with the positions of civil society. Members of the European Parliament were, on the contrary, highly susceptible to the influence of business interests, until public salience of information privacy increased owing to Edward Snowden’s revelations of governmental mass surveillance by the National Security Agency. These revelations made it possible for policy entrepreneurs to push for stronger rules on data protection.
👉🏼 Read more:
https://helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10138/305981
#lobby #influencer #EU #DataProtection #datafication #GDPR #regulation #surveillance #Snowden #NSA
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China due to introduce face scans for mobile users
People in China are now required to have their faces scanned when registering new mobile phone services, as the authorities seek to verify the identities of the country's hundreds of millions of internet users.
The #regulation, announced in September, was due to come into effect on Sunday.
The #government says it wants to "protect the legitimate rights and interest of #citizens in #cyberspace".
#China already uses #facial #recognition #technology to #survey its #population.
It is a world leader in such technologies, but their intensifying use across the country in recent years has sparked debate.
What are the new rules?
When signing up for new mobile or mobile data contracts, people are already required to show their national identification card (as required in many countries) and have their photos taken.
But now, they will also have their faces scanned in order to verify that they are a genuine match for the ID provided.
China has for years been trying to enforce rules to ensure that everyone using the internet does so under their "real-name" identities.
In 2017, for example, new rules required internet platforms to verify a user's true identity before letting them post online content.
The new regulation for telecom operators was framed by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology as a way to "strengthen" this system and ensure that the government can identify all mobile phone users. Most Chinese internet users access the web via their phones.
👉🏼 Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-50587098
👉🏼 Read as well:
https://gizmodo.com/chinese-citizens-will-have-to-scan-their-faces-to-get-i-1838936778
#surveillance #thinkabout #why
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People in China are now required to have their faces scanned when registering new mobile phone services, as the authorities seek to verify the identities of the country's hundreds of millions of internet users.
The #regulation, announced in September, was due to come into effect on Sunday.
The #government says it wants to "protect the legitimate rights and interest of #citizens in #cyberspace".
#China already uses #facial #recognition #technology to #survey its #population.
It is a world leader in such technologies, but their intensifying use across the country in recent years has sparked debate.
What are the new rules?
When signing up for new mobile or mobile data contracts, people are already required to show their national identification card (as required in many countries) and have their photos taken.
But now, they will also have their faces scanned in order to verify that they are a genuine match for the ID provided.
China has for years been trying to enforce rules to ensure that everyone using the internet does so under their "real-name" identities.
In 2017, for example, new rules required internet platforms to verify a user's true identity before letting them post online content.
The new regulation for telecom operators was framed by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology as a way to "strengthen" this system and ensure that the government can identify all mobile phone users. Most Chinese internet users access the web via their phones.
👉🏼 Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-50587098
👉🏼 Read as well:
https://gizmodo.com/chinese-citizens-will-have-to-scan-their-faces-to-get-i-1838936778
#surveillance #thinkabout #why
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Europol Regulation - Plans for a "European FBI"
The EU Police Agency should be allowed to investigate and search for cross-border crimes. A proposal to this effect from the Commission is expected in December, and the German Council Presidency wants to support the initiative with a conference in Berlin. Civil rights groups warn about a " data washing machine".
Some of these demands will be reflected in the recast of the four year old Europol regulation that will be published by the European Commission on 6th December. The German Interior Ministry plans to organise a conference on the "future of Europol" on 21st and 22nd October in Berlin and the annual meeting of European police chiefs on 1st and 2nd October in The Hague will also look into the new regulation.
The main pillars of the proposal are already known. In a publication for a preliminary impact assessment, the Commission writes that Europol is to be strengthened to "deal with emerging threats". The scope of criminal offences for which Europol is competent will therefore be extended. The agency would then be able to conduct its own searches in the Schengen Information System (SIS II) and use the Prüm framework for Europe-wide searches of biometric data.
👀 👉🏼 https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/12387-Strengthening-of-Europol-s-mandate
👀 👉🏼 https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-14745-2019-INIT/de/pdf
👀 👉🏼 🇩🇪 https://netzpolitik.org/2020/europol-verordnung-plaene-fuer-ein-europaeisches-fbi/
#eu #police #europol #fbi #biometric #data #regulation #schengen #pdf #thinkabout
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The EU Police Agency should be allowed to investigate and search for cross-border crimes. A proposal to this effect from the Commission is expected in December, and the German Council Presidency wants to support the initiative with a conference in Berlin. Civil rights groups warn about a " data washing machine".
Some of these demands will be reflected in the recast of the four year old Europol regulation that will be published by the European Commission on 6th December. The German Interior Ministry plans to organise a conference on the "future of Europol" on 21st and 22nd October in Berlin and the annual meeting of European police chiefs on 1st and 2nd October in The Hague will also look into the new regulation.
The main pillars of the proposal are already known. In a publication for a preliminary impact assessment, the Commission writes that Europol is to be strengthened to "deal with emerging threats". The scope of criminal offences for which Europol is competent will therefore be extended. The agency would then be able to conduct its own searches in the Schengen Information System (SIS II) and use the Prüm framework for Europe-wide searches of biometric data.
👀 👉🏼 https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/12387-Strengthening-of-Europol-s-mandate
👀 👉🏼 https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-14745-2019-INIT/de/pdf
👀 👉🏼 🇩🇪 https://netzpolitik.org/2020/europol-verordnung-plaene-fuer-ein-europaeisches-fbi/
#eu #police #europol #fbi #biometric #data #regulation #schengen #pdf #thinkabout
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European Commission - Have your say
algorithmwatch@chaos.social - New milestone in the #regulation of AI: yesterday, members of the European Parliament (MEPs) voted on the EU #AIAct.
Here is AlgorithmWatch’s quick analysis of what got agreed on:
https://algorithmwatch.org/en/eu-parliament-vote-aiact-june-2023/
Big win against mass #surveillance: MEPs voted on a full ban on real-time remote biometric identification (RBI) and on a ban on post #RBI with strong safeguards. Biometric categorization and emotion recognition in sensitive and risky areas are prohibited.
#Biometrics
Here is AlgorithmWatch’s quick analysis of what got agreed on:
https://algorithmwatch.org/en/eu-parliament-vote-aiact-june-2023/
Big win against mass #surveillance: MEPs voted on a full ban on real-time remote biometric identification (RBI) and on a ban on post #RBI with strong safeguards. Biometric categorization and emotion recognition in sensitive and risky areas are prohibited.
#Biometrics
Save Open Source: The Impending Tragedy of the Cyber Resilience Act - The Apache Software Foundation Blog –
Software, including open source, is becoming regulated the world over. This lengthy blog post explains the background to the Cyber Resilience Act in the Europe Union, what is good, its flaws and the likely negative impact on open source. And it also explains the arcane process by which it moves through the EU system, to help understand the timeline and how to make a change.
https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/cyber-resilience-act
Cyber Resilience Act & Free Software: Parliament waters down its own position - FSFE – https://fsfe.org/news/2023/news-20230719-01.en.html
#CyberResilienceAct #CRA #EU #Regulation #OpenSource #FOSS
Software, including open source, is becoming regulated the world over. This lengthy blog post explains the background to the Cyber Resilience Act in the Europe Union, what is good, its flaws and the likely negative impact on open source. And it also explains the arcane process by which it moves through the EU system, to help understand the timeline and how to make a change.
https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/cyber-resilience-act
Cyber Resilience Act & Free Software: Parliament waters down its own position - FSFE – https://fsfe.org/news/2023/news-20230719-01.en.html
#CyberResilienceAct #CRA #EU #Regulation #OpenSource #FOSS