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The government is using Clearview AI to identify fallen Russian soldiers, but this deployment distracts from face recognition’s dangers.

Police in Brazil plan on using facial recognition to identify protesters who rampaged through government buildings, escalating state surveillance in a move that has alarmed privacy and human rights experts.



* Brazil police to use facial recognition to identify rioters * Cameras are unreliable, invasive and racist, say experts * Surveillance spreads fear in favelas By Leonardo Coelho RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - P olice in Brazil plan on using facial recognition to identify protesters who rampaged through government buildings, escalating state surveillance in a move that has alarmed privacy and human rights experts. Thousands of protesters vandalized Brazil's Supreme...

Amnesty International has repeatedly documented how Twitter has failed to respect women’s rights online.

Serbia’s Social Card law is an intrusive surveillance system that could harm the most marginalized members of society, including Roma communities, Amnesty International said today, as it submits a legal opinion as part of a review of the constitutionality of the law.  The law, which entered into force on 1 March 2022, authorizes the establishment […]

Research from Business & Human Rights Resource Centre finds companies are profiting from surveillance technologies that facilitate human rights abuses against migrants, asylum seekers and refugees in the Middle East and North Africa, with little to no oversight.

In its written answers to the technical committee’s questions, Amnesty has detailed how it detected traces left behind by a successful or attempted Pegasus attack.

Apple's Lockdown Mode will safeguard Macs, iPhones, and iPads against highly targeted cyberattacks.

European corporate due diligence directive seeking to transform how companies approach their human rights and environmental risk is welcome, but without further changes, it will fail to effectively curb tech firms’ harmful practices, claims international non-profit.