> The main changes to the act approved today are a series of bans on what the European Parliament describes as “intrusive and discriminatory uses of AI systems.” As per the Parliament, the prohibitions – expanded from an original list of four – affect the following use cases:
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> – “Real-time” remote biometric identification systems in publicly accessible spaces;
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> – “Post” remote biometric identification systems, with the only exception of law enforcement for the prosecution of serious crimes and only after judicial authorization;
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> – Biometric categorisation systems using sensitive characteristics (e.g. gender, race, ethnicity, citizenship status, religion, political orientation);
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> – Predictive policing systems (based on profiling, location or past criminal behaviour);
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> – Emotion recognition systems in law enforcement, border management, workplace, and educational institutions; and
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> – Indiscriminate scraping of biometric data from social media or CCTV footage to create facial recognition databases (violating human rights and right to privacy).
Sounds good. Europe has clearly a position of leadership here.
Good job, EU! Let’s put a stop to this madness and let’s start making the Western world a decent place again.
One of the reasons I love the EU. Sensible laws to protect their citizens!
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> The main changes to the act approved today are a series of bans on what the European Parliament describes as “intrusive and discriminatory uses of AI systems.” As per the Parliament, the prohibitions – expanded from an original list of four – affect the following use cases:
>
> – “Real-time” remote biometric identification systems in publicly accessible spaces;
>
> – “Post” remote biometric identification systems, with the only exception of law enforcement for the prosecution of serious crimes and only after judicial authorization;
>
> – Biometric categorisation systems using sensitive characteristics (e.g. gender, race, ethnicity, citizenship status, religion, political orientation);
>
> – Predictive policing systems (based on profiling, location or past criminal behaviour);
>
> – Emotion recognition systems in law enforcement, border management, workplace, and educational institutions; and
>
> – Indiscriminate scraping of biometric data from social media or CCTV footage to create facial recognition databases (violating human rights and right to privacy).
Sounds good. Europe has clearly a position of leadership here.
Good job, EU! Let’s put a stop to this madness and let’s start making the Western world a decent place again.
One of the reasons I love the EU. Sensible laws to protect their citizens!