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Did you protest recently ? Your face might be in a database | Facial recognition - 19 août 2020
In the United States, at least one in four law enforcement agencies are able to use facial recognition technology. The implications are troubling
In recent weeks, millions have taken to the streets to oppose police violence and proudly say : “Black Lives Matter.” These protests will no doubt be featured in history (...)
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Research Reveals Inherent AI Gender Bias - 15 août 2020
Unless you’ve been living under a rock—an impossibly cozy, privileged, particle-filtering rock—2020 has probably opened your eyes to how far we still have to go to achieve a truly fair society. COVID-19 has revealed and reinforced existing oppression, inequality, and vulnerability, from systemic racism and a lack of (...)
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Police use of facial recognition violates human rights, UK court rules - 14 août 2020
Use of the tech needs to be narrower to conform to human rights law, court held.
Privacy advocates in the UK are claiming victory as an appeals court ruled today that police use of facial recognition technology in that country has "fundamental deficiencies" and violates several laws.
South Wales Police began (...)
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The FBI Is Secretly Using A $2 Billion Travel Company As A Global Surveillance Tool - 27 juillet 2020
American border patrol already has significant surveillance powers and collects vast amounts of data on who is flying into and out of the country. But the U.S. has another tool to watch over travellers across the world thanks to a little-known but influential Texan business called Sabre. As the biggest of three (...)
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US, UK, Interpol give Ghana phone hacking tools, raising journalist concerns on safety and confidentiality - 19 juillet 2020
In May 2019, senior members of Ghana’s law enforcement posed for photos with the U.S. ambassador to their country at a ceremonyExternal link in the capital, Accra. Between them they held boxes and bags, gifts from the U.S. government to Ghana which, according to one of the recipients, contained Israeli phone (...)
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Privée de Chine, la Silicon Valley « reporte ses ambitions sur l’Inde » - 18 juillet 2020
La décision de Google d’investir 10 milliards de dollars sur les cinq prochaines années dans le sous-continent est un symbole du grand basculement géopolitique du « dragon chinois » vers le « tigre indien », analyse Philippe Escande, éditorialiste économique au « Monde ».
Pertes et profits. La géopolitique a toujours fait (...)
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Thousands of contracts highlight quiet ties between Big Tech and U.S. military - 12 juillet 2020
The report offers a new window into the relationship between tech companies and the U.S. government, as well as an important detail about why such contracts are often difficult to find.
Over the past two years, thousands of tech company employees have taken a stand : they do not want their labor and technical (...)
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Defund Facial Recognition Before It’s Too Late - 11 juillet 2020
I’m a second-generation Black activist, and I’m tired of being spied on by the police.
Ahmaud Arbery. Breonna Taylor. Tony McDade. George Floyd. Rayshard Brooks. Oluwatoyin Salau. Robert Forbes. As each story has emerged of a Black life violently ended by law enforcement, white nationalists, or other forms of (...)
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In the ’Blackest city in America,’ a fight to end facial recognition - 3 juillet 2020
Activists say facial recognition and its racial bias have no place in Detroit, a city that boasts the highest percentage of Black residents in the US.
Activists in Detroit have been waiting a long time for July 24. Since the city’s contract with DataWorks began in 2017, community members have been pushing to stop (...)
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Emotion Analytics Used in AI Recruitment Tools Are Not Only Unethical But Incorrect - 30 juin 2020
Research from psychologists, as well as concerns from AI experts and privacy groups, indicate that emotion analytics do not produce accurate or reliable results.
A candidate is preparing for a job interview via video. They place themselves in front of the camera, try to stay engaged, and smile throughout the (...)
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Now Is the Time to Dismantle Our Cities’ Invasive Surveillance Infrastructure - 30 juin 2020
Not all innovation deserves to exist — many surveillance and policing technologies should never have been created in the first place
It may have sounded radical when Amazon, IBM, and Microsoft announced they were either exiting the facial recognition market or enacting moratoriums on providing such software to (...)
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A new US bill would ban the police use of facial recognition - 28 juin 2020
The news : US Democratic lawmakers have introduced a bill that would ban the use of facial recognition technology by federal law enforcement agencies. Specifically, it would make it illegal for any federal agency or official to “acquire, possess, access, or use” biometric surveillance technology in the US. It would (...)
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Etats-Unis : un Américain noir arrêté à tort à cause de la technologie de reconnaissance faciale - 26 juin 2020
Début janvier, Robert Williams a passé trente heures en détention parce qu’un logiciel avait jugé identiques la photo de son permis de conduire et l’image d’un voleur de montres.
Un Américain noir a été arrêté à tort à cause de l’usage par la police de la technologie de reconnaissance faciale. Il s’agit de la première erreur de (...)
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IBM (not) ending facial recognition - our quick thoughts - 23 juin 2020
On June 9th, in light of the global debate against racial injustices, the company IBM announced they would stop selling facial recognition. Here are 4 quick-fire thoughts we have on this.
Key points
This latest announcement is a PR stunt to distract from the reality : IBM has been profitting from the sale of (...)
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Racisme policier : les géants du Net font mine d’arrêter la reconnaissance faciale - 23 juin 2020
À un moment où l’institution policière est remise en question, les multinationales de la sécurité tentent de se racheter une image par des effets d’annonce : elles arrêteraient la reconnaissance faciale car la technologie ne serait pas tout à fait au point et la police l’utiliserait à mauvais escient.
Arrêter la (...)
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High-tech surveillance amplifies police bias and overreach - 21 juin 2020
Video of police in riot gear clashing with unarmed protesters in the wake of the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has filled social media feeds. Meanwhile, police surveillance of protesters has remained largely out of sight.
Local, state and federal law enforcement organizations (...)
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Microsoft bans face-recognition sales to police as Big Tech reacts to protests - 20 juin 2020
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) said on Thursday it would await federal regulation before selling facial recognition technology to police, making it the latest big firm to back away from the business following protests against law enforcement brutality and bias.
The announcement came shortly after rival (...)
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Facial recognition developed by Clearview AI likely illegal in Europe - 20 juin 2020
The European Data Protection Board warned on Wednesday that Clearview AI’s technology is likely to be illegal in Europe.
The warning comes after Amazon and IBM scaled back their facial recognition products.
Facial recognition technology developed by U.S. firm Clearview AI could be illegal in Europe, according to (...)
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Reconnaissance faciale : face au renoncement d’IBM, Amazon et Microsoft, qu’envisage l’Europe ? - 18 juin 2020
IBM, Amazon et Microsoft abandonnent la vente de systèmes de reconnaissance faciale aux forces de police, admettant qu’elles posent des problèmes de discrimination et de libertés publiques. En Europe, malgré des réglementations de l’Union qui devraient mettre à mal l’utilisation de cette technologie, de nombreuses (...)
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The two-year fight to stop Amazon from selling face recognition to the police - 18 juin 2020
This week’s moves from Amazon, Microsoft, and IBM mark a major milestone for researchers and civil rights advocates in a long and ongoing fight over face recognition in law enforcement.
In the summer of 2018, nearly 70 civil rights and research organizations wrote a letter to Jeff Bezos demanding that Amazon stop (...)
