Large-scale facial recognition is incompatible with a free society
Large-scale facial recognition is incompatible with a free society
Seth Lazar, Claire Benn and Mario Günther
Should we use large-scale facial recognition systems? This piece distinguishes between facial recognition and face surveillance and argues that we should demand a moratorium on face surveillance. In brief, face surveillance is based on morally compromised research, violates our rights, is harmful, and exacerbates structural injustice, both when it works and when it fails. Its adoption harms individuals, and makes our society as a whole more unjust, and less free.
This article is published in The Conversation.
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