Image Recognition
China’s cyberspace regulator said it has issued draft rules to oversee the security management of facial recognition technology in the country, following concerns raised in public about the overuse of the technology. It added that non-biometric identification solutions should be favoured over facial recognition in cases where such methods are equally effective. Biometric identification, especially facial recognition, has become widespread in China. Many Chinese courts and local governments have since ruled against and fined companies for facial recognition overuse, according to the South China Morning Post. The draft rules come amid Beijing’s effort to tighten data regulation by issuing an array of regulations.