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MEPs endorse blanket ban on facial recognition in public spaces (www.euronews.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Thank fuck. Now kill Chat Control.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

The EU is not anti-tech, it's anti US Big Tech. The DMA is way overdue, the AI act actually follows existing precedent and is also only protecting people. Companies and foreign governments are already exploiting AI against citizens.

Chat control is absolute lunacy though.