Kimberlee Williams, an Oklahoma resident, was jailed for six months after facial recognition technology identified her as a suspect in a Maryland fraud case — a state she told investigators she had never visited. https://wapo.st/4dJ95Kb
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The father of a disabled child has been refused access to a disabled car parking spot in his complex. He has a blue badge, he has offered to pay, but as a social tenant, he is shut out.
Screen shot of the linked page, that's all.
Quick plug for a panel discussion on social media restrictions for children: Trinity College Dublin on the evening of 28th April, registration here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/behind-the...
Huge respect and congratulations to Lelia Doolan and her supporters tonight after Lelia, 91, walked from Shannon Airport to Dublin as part of the campaign to stop the use of Shannon Airport by US military.
Tomorrow Lelia will walk to the Dáil.
#walkwithlelia
The media reports today that a new bill proposes to expand the Public Services Card's use in Irish society.
Key elements of the PSC operate unlawfully. With @digitalrightsirl.bsky.social, we say that extending its use as a form of national ID compounds the legal issues.
www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
Erm....what about all that unlawful processing of 70% of the population's facial biometric data: 3,488,101 individuals including 13,103 kids?
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Dangers of FRT laid bare after yet another wrongful arrest.
The bodycam footage showing police relying on the AI tool that claimed Jason Killinger was a "100% match" - for someone else entirely - is wild.
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A UK trial of live facial recognition scanned thousands of people's faces travelling from Dublin to Holyhead but had no matches.
How is it necessary and proportionate to indisciminately process the biometric facial data of people with no connection to wrongdoing?
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
The right to peaceful protest is central to democracy and must be protected, but it is not absolute.
In light of the ongoing fuel protests, we outline this right and consider how human rights law provides a framework for assessing potential limitations on protests.
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🇮🇪Ireland is considering a new bill that would legalise the use of #spyware by the police—a move critics warn could be a boon to surveillance abuse.
➡️I spoke with @niaolainf.bsky.social @olgacronin.bsky.social @tjmcintyre.com @aajanovic.bsky.social to learn more.
www.techpolicy.press/irelands-new...
if you have some expertise in AI, this is one of the most consequential and rewarding positions you can occupy. apply
. @tjmcintyre.com wrote about the Act for the Irish Current Law Statutes Annotated (which is on Westlaw) but he has very helpfully posted parts of that annotation here:
www.tjmcintyre.com/2026/04/poli...
Thanks TJ!
And all camera/recording device use by the gardai has to be seen in the context of what else is planned for the gardaí - facial recognition and powers to apply "biometric analysis" to footage, etc, in order to categorise and identify us by our biometrics.
Great question!
Drones could have benefits and assist police (e.g. searching for missing or vulnerable people in remote areas). But how their use will be confined to what's necessary and proportionate in practice remains unclear.
As @tjmcintyre.com TJ McIntyre has previously noted [need to find but will add link]
"Where a recording device is used on a drone, there is no limitation on the places where the drone may be used or may observe."
It simply permits gardai to operate "a recording device that is remotely controlled, including a device affixed to or part of an unmanned aerial vehicle" (i.e. a drone). [Section 9(1)(c)]
www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2023/act...
But the drone provision in the Act itself doesn’t explicitly limit drone use to specific locations.
The Act allows the use of recording devices in:
– public places
– places Gardaí are lawfully allowed to be (under power of entry powers, invited, or at a location for the purpose of doing their job)
The only limitation is that the use must be “necessary and proportionate.”
But this is presumed if gardaí follow an official code of practice (the code of practice for Garda drone use has not yet been written**)
Recording can also be used in situations, like:
– suspected domestic violence
– breaches of peace or public order offence
– taking statements where someone can’t write
– cases involving dying victims or witnesses
- cases of a person being injured due to an offence/violence, act of force
Gardaí can record via a drone when they reasonably believe:
– an offence has happened/is happening/will happen
– force may be needed
– they’re executing a court order or warrant
– they’re documenting damage to property as a result of an offence or an act of violence or force
The Act provides that drones can be used for pretty much any policing purpose, including:
- preventing/investigating any criminal offence
- public safety/public order
- State security
- execution of criminal penalties
The Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Act 2023 provides for Garda use of drones so this announcement was to be expected but there are still questions as to their eventual use...
Today Liberty Investigates revealed at least one police force is using 'photofit' imagery in facial recognition searches.
We can't view this in isolation.
It's the latest in a line of revelations on how this technology is being deployed across the UK.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/techno...
Report cover with decorative elements.
The European Data Protection Board has published a case digest (by myself) on decisions made under the one-stop-shop system which consider legitimate interest as a legal basis. www.edpb.europa.eu/system/files...
