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August 5, 2021

EU lawmaker vows to tighten use of biometric tracking tech in Europe

Italy’s Brando Benifei will amend the bloc’s first-of-its-kind rules for artificial intelligence, as privacy watchdogs warn of ‘the end to anonymity’


Éanna Kelly

4 min read

European Parliament

The European Parliament’s man on artificial intelligence wants to introduce tougher restrictions on controversial facial recognition tools in Europe.

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Éanna Kelly

Éanna Kelly is a contributing editor at Sifted, and writes Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup. Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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