Facial recognition website PimEyes recently got under fire for scraping photos of dead people for their facial data. The website reportedly took photos from Ancestry, which is not allowed to begin with. But what makes this case extra disturbing is that they used photos of people who can’t give their consent.
Iran could use facial recognition to ID women without hijabs
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard of Mahsa Amini protests in Iran. They started when the country’s morality police arrested the young woman for allegedly violating the country’s hijab laws. She later died in custody, supposedly from being severely beaten.
The protests have already had many terrible consequences for the people of Iran, and now comes another one. Iranian government agency indicated that the country would use facial recognition to target and identify women who “fail to observe hijab laws,” among other things.
Scientists are using facial recognition to save the seals
When I think of facial recognition, things like surveillance and privacy issues are the first to spring to mind. But like most technology, facial recognition can be used for good, and that’s exactly what scientists at Colgate University are doing.
They have developed an image database that uses facial recognition technology to track the seals. It’s a part of a conservation effort, making it much faster, easier, and more efficient to identify, track, study, and ultimately help the animals.
France orders Clearview AI to delete the selfie data it gathered
Clearview AI came under fire for scraping billions of selfies off the Internet to sell facial recognition services to law enforcement. France’s privacy watchdog said that the company has breached Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and France has now ordered Clearview AI to delete its database.
Clearview AI under fire for “breaking privacy laws”
Ever since it appeared, Clearview AI has been surrounded by controversy. Privacy groups in Europe recently accused it of breaking privacy laws, and groups from several countries have even taken legal action against the company.
Capitol riot found and arrested thanks to his girlfriend’s Instagram and facial recognition
The attack on the US Capitol happened on 6 January, but photos, videos, and news are still surfacing. Over 400 people have been arrested so far, but at least one of the suspects was caught thanks to Instagram. The FBI used photos and videos from his girlfriend’s Instagram and identified the man with some help of facial recognition.
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