World in Progress: Under surveillance

Does facial recognition really make our lives safer? And what about our right to privacy? In the US, a private company has already started compiling a huge database, pulling photos from Facebook and Instagram. In the UK images of customers entering stores are matched against a watchlist of registered shoplifters and rioters. And it goes far beyond just facial recognition.

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This episode was published on May 25, 2022.

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