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High school uses facial recognition cameras to see if students are dozing off
China continues to invest heavily in facial recognition, ignoring privacy concerns
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From now on, students at a Hangzhou high school have to make sure they pay attention in class.
The South China Morning Post reports that Zhejiang Hangzhou No.11 High School installed cameras in its classrooms to capture students’ facial expressions to see if they’re listening -- or whether they’re dozing off and falling asleep.
The camera, which the school calls “an insightful eye” and “teaching assistant”, feeds data to a “Smart Classroom Behavior Management System”, which records the students’ attendance and how much they enjoyed a class -- based on whether their facial expression was happy, bored or focused. The school says that the system also supervises the teachers to improve their classroom technique.
One student who admitted they used to take naps now says they feel there's always "a pair of mystery eyes" watching.
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