A man gets ready to walk through a subway turnstile equipped with facial recognition payment system at Zijingshan station in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, Sept. 27, 2019. Photo: XinhuaA man gets ready to walk through a subway turnstile equipped with facial recognition payment system at Zijingshan station in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, Sept. 27, 2019. Photo: Xinhua
A man gets ready to walk through a subway turnstile equipped with facial recognition payment system at Zijingshan station in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, Sept. 27, 2019. Photo: Xinhua
Tech /  Innovation

Hong Kong’s police force said to have access to facial recognition AI tech – but are they using it?

  • Police have been able to use the tech from Sydney-based iOmniscient for at least three years
  • Questions over the use of facial recognition tech have loomed over the Hong Kong protests
Topic |   Hong Kong protests
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Updated: 11:19am, 23 Oct, 2019

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A man gets ready to walk through a subway turnstile equipped with facial recognition payment system at Zijingshan station in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, Sept. 27, 2019. Photo: XinhuaA man gets ready to walk through a subway turnstile equipped with facial recognition payment system at Zijingshan station in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, Sept. 27, 2019. Photo: Xinhua
A man gets ready to walk through a subway turnstile equipped with facial recognition payment system at Zijingshan station in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, Sept. 27, 2019. Photo: Xinhua
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