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1. EDRi (edri@eupolicy.social)'s status on Friday, 19-Jan-2024 00:11:11 JST EDRi

   • European Parliament

   1/3 🚨The EU AI Act is set to give a green light to public #FacialRecognition & biometric categorisation - going against the mandate of @europarl_en.

   This endorsement of dystopian #BiometricMassSurveillance is unprecedented in the EU.

   Read our take here: https://reclaimyourface.eu/eu-ai-act-will-fail-commitment-to-ban-biometric-mass-surveillance/

   • Aral Balkan repeated this.
   • EDRi (edri@eupolicy.social)'s status on Friday, 19-Jan-2024 00:11:52 JST EDRi

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     2/3 Despite agreement at the final negotiation to at least limit retrospective #FacialRecognition to serious crimes, this part of the deal has since been watered down and meaningful safeguards removed 😟

     Aral Balkan repeated this.
   • EDRi (edri@eupolicy.social)'s status on Friday, 19-Jan-2024 00:12:30 JST EDRi

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     3/3 ❌ This is a huge missed opportunity to protect people's sensitive #BiometricData in the EU.

     The 'landmark' #AIAct deal has prioritised state control and industry profits over people's fundamental rights and freedom.