Shanghai adopts facial recognition system to name, shame jaywalkers
Images of pedestrians spotted crossing the road on a red light will be plastered to bus stops as a warning to others
Would-be jaywalkers in Shanghai beware! China’s largest metropolis has become the latest mainland city to test a new facial recognition system to name and shame pedestrians who cross the road on a red light, Thepaper.cn reported.
During a pilot programme at a single location in late May, the system recorded more than 300 people crossing the street when they shouldn’t have been, Qi Yue, an officer with the Shanghai Public Security Bureau’s technology department, was quoted as saying.
Agence France-Pressereported last month that similar systems had already been trialled in other Chinese cities.
“Once an offender’s identity is confirmed, his or her photo will be published at a bus stop near to where the offence was committed,” he said.
“The police will also get in touch with the person to follow up on the incident,” he said.