Cities for Digital Rights

October 14, 2020 · Blogs | Open internet and inclusive technology | Biometrics

People, not experiments: why cities must end biometric surveillance

We debated the use of facial recognition in cities with the policy makers and law enforcement officials who actually use it. The discussion got to the heart of EDRi’s warnings that biometric surveillance puts limits on everyone’s rights and freedoms, amplifies discrimination, and treats all of us as experimental test subjects. This techno-driven democratic vacuum must be stopped.