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The European Commission’s Research Executive Agency has come under questioning from judges at the Court of Justice of the EU as part of a case focusing on why the agency refuses to disclose documents on the controversial ‘iBorderCtrl’ project. The EU-funded iBorderCtrl technology, which uses advanced artificial intelligence to analyse micro-expressions, has been tested on various borders in the EU. One of its uses is to detect whether an individual is lying or not when presented with a series of questions. Pirate MEP Patrick Breyer is seeking an order from the EU’s highest general cou...

By Umberto Bacchi, Thomson Reuters Foundation 5 Min Read (Recasts lead, adds additional comment) TBILISI, Feb 5 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A lie detector driven by artificial intelligence and trialled at European Union borders is the focus of a lawsuit that hopes to bring more transparency over the bloc’s funding of “ethically questionable” technology, its proponent said. Patrick Breyer, a European lawmaker, is requesting the release of EU Research Agency (REA) documents evaluating the 4.5 million euro ($5.4 million) trial of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) lie detectors to ...

6:50 PM MYT Belgian police officers perform road checks at the Hensies border crossing between France and Belgium. The iBorderCtrl trial, which ended in 2019, is one of several projects seeking to automate the EU’s increasingly busy borders and counter irregular migration and terrorism. — AFP TBILISI: The European Union’s top court will on Feb 5 hear a case brought by a digital rights activist over a pilot project that used lie-detecting avatars to quiz travellers on EU borders. Patrick Breyer, a European lawmaker, is requesting the release of EU Research Agency (REA) documents evaluati...

European Parliament services are coming under pressure from a group of lawmakers working with privacy activist Max Schrems over allegations that the institution’s coronavirus test management website is illegally siphoning data to US-based firms. Last year, EURACTIV revealed that MEPs had stumbled upon privacy loopholes in the European Parliament’s COVID website, which is run by EcoCare, a subsidiary of the United Arab Emirates firm Ecolog. The website had requested permission to transfer the personal data of those using the platform – European Parliament staff members – to third-part...

26.01.2021 Face surveillance vs Facial Authentication: What is it and why should biometric mass surveillance be banned in the public space? Live Webinar - Register here! Often when people think of facial recognition, they think about unlocking their phones with their face. Facial authentication is used to verify that someone is who they say they are, when for example gaining secured access to a building or traveling through a passport gate. This is a one-to-one comparison. Facial recognition, on the other hand, is used to identify a person in crowds, on the streets or in pictures, so you can ...