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Delhi police deployed facial recognition technology to identify 2,873 people with criminal records at student protest sites, raising surveillance concerns. An Indian politician is challenging the practice in court as a violation of privacy rights.
Delhi police deployed facial recognition technology to identify nearly 2,900 people with criminal records at student protest sites. An Indian politician has filed a legal challenge, arguing the practice violates privacy rights.
Using facial recognition at protest sites to identify people with records is surveillance layered onto political participation. The police aren't responding to crimes at the protests—they're systematically scanning faces to identify attendees with any criminal history, then cross-referencing those identities with the act of protesting. This creates a record of who protests and flags them based on past convictions. The scale (2,873 people) shows this wasn't targeted investigation but mass surveillance. The challenge in court is testing whether India's privacy protections extend to protecting protest participation from government surveillance.
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