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MEPs endorse blanket ban on facial recognition in public spaces (www.euronews.com)

submitted 1 year ago by maynarkh@feddit.nl to c/news@beehaw.org

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Thank fuck. Now kill Chat Control.

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[–] Los@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lucky the UK decided to leave. They have one of the largest public facial recognition surveillance networks.

[–] maynarkh@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

I guess they get their sovereignty. I doubt the UK alone would have been able to sway this, and they would have had to dismantle their stuff if they didn't get another exemption.