Irish police facial recognition bill has ‘fundamental defects,’ experts say
New proposed legislation in Ireland that would give national police the power to use facial recognition technology in some investigations could have a severe impact on human rights. That was the overall message from a panel of experts who studied the issue for the Irish justice committee this month. Facial identification is a process used by police where the template of an individual’s face is used to identify them in different videos. The Irish Parliament passed the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Act in December which allows police to wear body cameras and have better access to CCTV foota...