Privacy
Police in Ireland are criticized for extensive facial recognition use
Civil liberties groups push back.
Alibaba President boasts about tech to monitor people’s travel, consumption, and more to create a “climate” credit score
Promoting the dystopian tech at Davos.
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner tells Davos it’s time for a “recalibration” on human rights like “free speech”
A big push towards censorship.
Amazon to bring AI driver monitoring to the UK
Complete surveillance.
US Postal Service wants to provide digital ID and collect more biometric data
It envisions this digital ID being used in the public and private sector.
Rapidly increasing surveillance products used to tackle gun crime are raising privacy concerns
“We have no idea how this can be used.”
Chicago cops team up with FBI to create fake social media profiles
The practice is used widely by many police departments, despite legal challenges.
Members
SWIFT begins preparing for centrally-controlled digital currencies
Government-controlled currencies.