Civil rights advocates cautiously welcomed the new restrictions, but raised concerns that the loopholes could be manipulated.
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This would affect all private use.
Italy banning facial recognition unless being used to fight crime.
This would affect all private use.
FRT has proven a divisive component of the proposals.
A majority of EU lawmakers nowwant to prohibituse of the tech for scanning crowds indiscriminately and in real-time.
These restrictions, however, are set to leave exceptions for policing.
Supporters of these dispensations argue they willhelp fight crime, but opponents warn thattheyre ripe for abuse.
We should and I will do my best to have a complete ban in the Parliament.
Critics are wary of the rules leading to mass surveillance and oppressive policing.
These outcomes have been blamed on prejudiced policing,unrepresentative training data, and a combination of the two.
Campaigners fear that FRT is algorithmicallyreinforcing and automatinghuman biases.
These dangers have also attracted the anxieties of lawmakers.
We should and I will do my best to have a complete ban in the Parliament.
As a world-first attempt to horizontally regulate AI, the repercussions will extend beyond the bloc.
Story byThomas Macaulay
Thomas is the managing editor of TNW.
He leads our coverage of European tech and oversees our talented team of writers.
Away from work, he e(show all)Thomas is the managing editor of TNW.
He leads our coverage of European tech and oversees our talented team of writers.
Away from work, he enjoys playing chess (badly) and the guitar (even worse).
