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Today in my #CogX19 keynote, I ask the @UKParliament to consider a moratorium on the use of #facialrecognition technology in the United Kingdom until we decide if we want to use it, and if so, with what safeguards (from 1:12:45, panel discussion follows)
@MIT and at least one other university have research partnerships with a Chinese artificial intelligence company that has business ties with police in China’s Xinjiang region, where a sweeping crackdown on Uighurs has drawn international condemnation. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-xinjiang-mit-tech-insight/risky-partner-top-u-s-universities-took-funds-from-chinese-firm-tied-to-xinjiang-security-idUSKCN1TE04M?il=0
China Knows How to Take Away Your Health Insurance -- A big Chinese insurer’s facial-recognition software offers a cautionary tale for the U.S. by @mathbabedotorg https://trib.al/mejFajP
"In the very near future, insurers may be able to use big data and AI to reject sick people (or people they expect to get sick) and accept only those customers who they don’t expect to use the insurance." https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-06-14/china-knows-how-to-take-away-your-health-insurance
Amazon says society must decide what is acceptable and what is not when it comes to technology such as #facialrecognition, even though its Rekognition has been found to be inaccurate + biased (and not subject to @usnistgov): https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-48634676 @DaveLeeBBC h/t @RobMcCargow
@amazon's take on technology ethics, facial recognition, Recognition:
's idea of user privacy: "add a comma" to the privacy policy, keep taking your data: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-48634676
"Advancements in #AI could supercharge surveillance, allowing camera owners to identify “unusual” behavior, recognize actions like hugging or kissing, easily seek out embarrassing footage and estimate a person’s age or, possibly, even their disposition" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/13/us/aclu-surveillance-artificial-intelligence.html
@ACLU's new report: "The Dawn of Robot Surveillance: #AI, Video Analytics and #Privacy" #facialrecognition https://www.aclu.org/report/dawn-robot-surveillance
"To prevent the worst outcomes, the @aclu offers ideas to govern the use of video analytics in the public + private sectors:"
1: "No government entity should be allowed to deploy video analytics without legislative approval, public notification and a review of a system’s effects on civil rights."
2: "Individuals should know what kind of information is recorded and analyzed, have access to data collected about them, and have a way to challenge or correct inaccuracies, too."
3: "Video analytics should not be used to collect identifiable information en masse or merely for seeking out 'suspicious' behaviour"
4: "Data collected should also be handled with care and systems should make decisions transparently and in ways that don’t carry legal implications for those tracked"
5: "Businesses should be governed by similar guidelines and should be transparent in how they use video analytics"
6: "Regulations governing them should balance constitutional protections, including the rights to privacy and free expression"
@DamianCollins @normanlamb @darrenpjones @HouseofCommons @UKHouseofLords @ICOnews here are some ideas on how to regulate #facialrecognition technology. Any prospects for the UK to lead the way? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/13/us/aclu-surveillance-artificial-intelligence.html
House Democrats question DHS over using #facialrecognition tech on US citizens https://thehill.com/policy/technology/448577-over-20-house-dems-press-dhs-over-using-facial-recognition-tech-on-us
Tony Porter, the U.K. surveillance camera commissioner, said it was unacceptable that no law had been introduced to control how intrusive technologies such as facial recognition were used. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/spy-technology-ministers-must-act-over-explosion-says-watchdog-6qqxxw5tb
“Police forces and private companies are increasingly using automated CCTV cameras to collect people’s facial and biometric data. Unlike covert surveillance, which requires approval from a senior police officer or judge, “overt” spy systems are not covered by such safeguards.”
“It’s clear that these cameras carry serious risks, yet no legislation governs the use of the tech,” David Davis, former minister + civil liberties campaigner. “It operates in a legal void. This is not a decision for a police force to make, it’s a decision for parliament.”
"Speaking before Ifsec, a security conference in London next week, Mr Porter revealed that he had intervened to stop several [UK] police forces from using the technology “disproportionately”."
@surcamcom: over 6 months, 18 million people were exposed to having their digital profile of their face made. "How do you know they are disposing of it? Who is overseeing it? Are you satisfied that the security staff are managing your data [correctly]?”
Over a YEAR ago, on 25 May 2018, "Government approach to facial imaging unacceptable" -- yet here we are. What are the prospects for new UK #biometrics protections, @normanlamb @ICOnews @DamianCollins @darrenpjones @sajidjavid https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/science-and-technology-committee/news-parliament-2017/biometrics-strategy-report-publication-17-19/
"Beijing is the world surveillance leader with 470,000 CCTV cameras, followed by London with 420,000, and Washington, D.C. with 30,000....And the surveillance industry is only growing, expected to reach approximately $76 billion in revenue in 2020" https://www.accenture.com/_acnmedia/PDF-94/Accenture-Value-Data-Seeing-What-Matters.pdf
@doteveryone calls for a ban ALL use of live automated facial recognition technologies until and unless further protections are in place: https://medium.com/doteveryone/https-medium-com-doteveryone-reining-in-lawless-facial-recognition-doteveryones-perspective-f11a618f37f1
UK parliamentary hearing on facial recognition and the biometrics strategy (1 May 2019) -- when will the updated strategy be published? Any prospect for new legislation? https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2019-05-01/debates/16A45B3A-6F02-4542-B5F5-2146CA0C6AB8/FacialRecognitionAndTheBiometricsStrategy cc: @SusanBaroness @darrenpjones @normanlamb @AdaLovelaceInst @libertyhq @bbw1984
London Policing Ethics Panel's Final Report on Live Facial Recognition, May 2019 http://www.policingethicspanel.london/uploads/4/4/0/7/44076193/lfr_final_report_-_may_2019.pdf #facialrecognition #biometrics
The independent Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group published in February 2019 an interim report into facial recognition and identified ethical principles to consider: Ethical principles to guide police facial recognition trials https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ethical-principles-to-guide-police-facial-recognition-trials
Voters back a moratorium on facial recognition in Massachusetts: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/06/18/voters-back-moratorium-face-recognition-surveillance-mass/eUH62ELtgyvvOjrkcle7tI/story.html
British schools often take children's #biometrics. They don't always get consent from the kids or their parents. (By law they must do so in England in Wales, but not in Scotland or Northern Ireland) @Pippa_King @TEDxGlasgow : @DataLabScotland #RESET2019
Thanks @sallywf for the nice write-up of my keynote on #facialrecognition at #CogX19 and our excellent panel @marthaspurrier @g__ferris @HetanShah @Trueface_ai @cognition_x https://www.eetasia.com/news/article/The-Current-Reality-of-Facial-Recognition#.XRBlJWON4es.twitter
The UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, @davidakaye, is calling for an immediate moratorium on the sale, transfer and use of surveillance technology, including facial recognition https://bit.ly/31TISRz
China's 'sharp eyes' offer chance to take surveillance industry global -- nice list of Chinese companies here, would be great to see an equivalent list of non-Chinese firms https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/China-tech/China-s-sharp-eyes-offer-chance-to-take-surveillance-industry-global
My report on #biometrics and #facialrecognition technology in the UK for @BBCTechTent, first broadcast in September 2018 and, alas, still relevant today, is here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p07f7gy8 cc: @davidakaye @KayFButterfield @bbw1984 @libertyhq @darrenpjones @normanlamb @Pippa_King
Axon, A Major Police Body Cam Company, Just Banned Facial Recognition -- Its ethics board says the technology is not reliable enough to justify using. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/27/opinion/police-cam-facial-recognition.html @libertyhq @bbw1984 @rowlsmanthorpe @surcamcom @normanlamb @SusanBaroness @DavidDavisMP @ICOnews
U.K. regulators warn that police are abusing their powers to spy on the public + accuse ministers of failing to legislate #biometrics protections. @normanlamb @darrenpjones @joswinson @DavidDavisMP time to act: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/surveillance-state-is-being-built-now-watchdogs-warn-jv6slfq9q cc: @surcamcom @ICOnews @libertyhq @bbw1984
MPs call for halt to police's use of live facial recognition by @LeoKelion #biometrics https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-49030595
How London became a test case for using facial recognition in democracies by @madhumita29 https://www.ft.com/content/f4779de6-b1e0-11e9-bec9-fdcab53d6959
cc: @Matt_Cagle @ACLU @EFF @jovialjoy @katecrawford @EvanSelinger @azeem @cognition_x
cc: @Matt_Cagle @ACLU @EFF @jovialjoy @katecrawford @EvanSelinger @azeem @cognition_x
