WF-2LAYJ8
Live facial recognition is tracking kids suspected of being criminals
Buenos Aires city government uses a facial recognition system that has led to numerous false arrests.
- Date it happened
- 2020-10-09
- Organisation involved
- Buenos Aires city government
- Product, system or model
- CONARC is a "plain-text spreadsheet file" that lists people and their alleged crimes. It began in 2009 as an effort to aid law enforcement in addressing serious crimes. Information in it is combined w
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