Europe Is Currently Building A Massive Worldwide System For Facial Recognition

The use of facial recognition technology is on the rise in Europe. The European Police has been sharing DNA data, fingerprints, and owner details of vehicles for the past 15 years. It can ask for fingerprints to be checked against the Spanish fingerprint database if it suspects someone is looking for someone in Spain. As a result, European legislators have passed legislation allowing the use of facial recognition on an unprecedented scale. This system will include millions of photos of people’s faces. A bigger campaign to “modernise” enforcement across Europe is being pursued under Proclamation II, the data-sharing initiative, which includes developing facial recognition technology in the EU.

As Ella Jakubowska, who has worked as a policy adviser for the civil rights group European Digital Rights, has said, you are creating the most extensive surveillance infrastructure that we have ever seen. // Continue to the full article

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