Image Recognition
China has released draft regulations to govern the country's facial recognition technology that include prohibitions on its use to analyze race or ethnicity. The draft rules, which are open for comments until September 7, include some vague directives not to use face recognition technology to disrupt social order, endanger national security, or infringe on the rights of individuals and organizations. The rules also state that facial recognition tech must be used only when there is a specific purpose and sufficient necessity, strict protection measures are taken, and only when non-biometric measures won't do. For that, manual verification of personal identity must be used with facial recognition used only as an auxiliary means of verifying personal identity. Beyond facilitating identification of Uyghurs, it's clear the cat is out of the bag when it comes to facial recognition technology in China by both government and businesses alike.