Tag: biometric mass surveillance
Against AI mass surveillance in Paris 2024: 41 MEPs address French Parliament
Today, 41 MEPs from different political groups address the French Parliament with an open letter (version française). In the letter, the MEPs call on the French …
AI Act: EU governments open door for biometric mass surveillance in public spaces
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Today the ministers of the 27 Member States agreed on a general approach (i.e. a common position) on the future AI Act – the EU law that will regulate artificial intelligence …
EU lawmakers and civil society call on Member States for a strong ban on biometric mass surveillance as the negotiations on the AI Act come to a close
Yesterday, several EU parliament negotiators on the AI Act from Socialists and Democrats, Greens/EFA, Renew and The Left groups gathered in the European Parliament to discuss how far the AI Act …
EU governments open the door for biometric mass surveillance in public spaces
Today, the EU Council Presidency’s proposal for a regulation on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) was leaked. Patrick Breyer, German Pirate Member of the European Parliament, …
Internal LIBE meeting with US Homeland Security: Plans for biometric databases put EU citizens’ data at risk
Yesterday, members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) had an informal meeting with representatives of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. During the meeting, …
Biometric mass surveillance: Let’s not follow Russia’s example!
Yesterday was the deadline to table amendments to the LIBE/IMCO report on the AI Act. This is the proposal by the Parliament’s competent committees to change the Commission’s original proposal on …
Biometric mass surveillance: New study warns of Chinese surveillance methods in Europe
Today, the Greens/European Free Alliance Group in the European Parliament presented a new study on the impact of mass biometric surveillance, such as facial recognition software, on human rights in …
Migration control: EU agency spends € 1.5 billion on virtual borders | digit.site36.net [external]
Between 2014 and 2020 alone, Frontex and eu-LISA agencies spent a total of €1.9 billion on contracts for border surveillance and control systems. This figure is provided by the British civil …
Transparency lawsuit against secret EU surveillance research: MEP Patrick Breyer achieves partial success in court
The Court of Justice of the European Union today published a landmark ruling of major significance for EU-funded “security research” (Case T-158/19).[1] Under the “iBorderCtrl” project, the EU tested alleged “video …
