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Spain Temporarily Bans Worldcoin Eyeball Scans Over Privacy

Privacy watchdog in Spain orders Worldcoin to halt eyeball scans to make digital IDs in exchange for crypto

Social networking giant confirms it is 'shutting down the Face Recognition system on Facebook', due to lack of rules and privacy concerns

Another legal headache for facial recognition firm Clearview AI to halt use of its tech, despite ban in some Californian cities

Racial bias and facial recognition. Black man in New Jersey arrested by police and spends ten days in jail after false face recognition match

Software giant follows IBM and Amazon with police facial recognition ban until there is national regulation of the technology

E-commerce giant Amazon joins other tech firms with announcement it will pause police use of its facial recognition software

Social networking giant pays out nearly half a billion dollars to settle long running biometric data lawsuit in the United States

Privacy concern. Cease-and-desist letter from Twitter to AI firm Clearview demands it stop collecting photos from social media platforms

Gatwick to become first British airport to use facial recognition for passenger boarding without checks

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Two dozen California lawmakers flagged as criminals by facial recognition software, ACLU says

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Sajid Javid fires back at criticism and says police have to use the latest tech tools to solve crimes

Oh boy. Facial recognition technology used by police gets identities wrong 81 percent of the time, study finds

First city in the United States looks to ban the use of facial recognition over privacy and human rights concerns

Team behind Project Tango is helping Google develop a biometric-friendly device according to reports

New facial-scanning authentication security process hopes to launch later this year