A new report reveals that Israel is increasingly using facial recognition technology in the occupied West Bank to monitor Palestinians and restrict their movement through key checkpoints. This highlights how artificial intelligence-powered surveillance can be used against a specific ethnic group. Palestinians at high-fenced checkpoints in Hebron are required to stand in front of facial recognition cameras before being allowed to cross. The software, known as Red Wolf, uses a color-coded system of green, yellow, and red to guide soldiers on whether to let the person go, stop them for questioning, or arrest them. Soldiers add personal information to the database when the technology fails to identify someone.
Israel has long restricted the freedom of movement of Palestinians, but technological advances are giving the authorities powerful new tools. This is just one example of the global spread of mass surveillance.
2023-05-01 19:08:14
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