Documents detail how one province is making a facial-recognition system to spot "people of concern".
Live facial recognition - Giving rise to next level surveillance?
The Henan Public Security Bureau in China is planning on introducing face recognition on public places to track “concerned persons” such as
“foreign journalists, foreign students, and migrant women, as well as [...] individuals by ethnicity [...]”
[https://ipvm.com/reports/henan-neusoft]
Would this ever be possible in Europe. The answer is NO!
The EDPB & EDPS have called for a general ban on the use of AI for human recognition in public accessible areas [https://edps.europa.eu/press-publications/press-news/press-releases/2021/edpb-edps-call-ban-use-ai-automated-recognition_en] - with good reason.
Although, the proposed AI Act ought to introduce a high-risk level for practices possibly interfering with fundamental rights, a general ban for the aforementioned practice might be a good idea. Evidently, it violates fundamental rights such as: Data privacy/protection; non-discrimination; freedom of expression etc.
