“Video surveillance is a fundamental tool. Its progressive extension is an objective shared with all the mayors. The Facial recognition it gives further and significant possibilities for prevention and investigation. The Minister of the Interior Matteo Piantedosi spoke about it in an interview with National newspaper following the violence that took place in the Central Station in Milan and as a response to the request for security coming in particular from the big cities. The minister, explaining that the actions for security also include the increase in the presence of the forces of order, added: «It is clear that the right to security must be balanced with the right to privacy. There is a point of equilibrium that can and must be found».
However, it is not only the issue of privacy and data protection that presents problems, biometric recognition can lead to a limitation of freedom and rights leading to continuous surveillance. The fear is that one no longer feels free to participate in meetings and demonstrations restricting freedom of movement and expression. For the minister, however, it is useful to have “more facial recognition in public places to increase security”.
The question. being constantly filmed and recognized, should not be limited to the Guarantor of Privacybut deserves parliamentary discussion. Europe has done so by expressing strong doubts in a document on artificial intelligence because facial recognition can affect the private life of a large part of the population and evoke a feeling of constant surveillance. There are countries that use facial recognition like China and Iran, but also Israel.
Wired remember that there is no data of any kind on the effectiveness of these technologies citing the case of the Detroit police whose facial recognition software had a 90% error rate in recognizing black people. This system would lead to a hypercriminalization certain categories and would diminish the presumption of innocence.
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