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Australian federal police under fire for repeated use of controversial facial-recognition technology

By Ryan Cropp and James Panichi ( October 24, 2023, 02:29 GMT | Insight) -- Australia's federal law-enforcement agency has come under pressure over its continued use of facial-recognition software, with the force acknowledging this week that its staff had recently used facial-recognition software PimEyes and FaceCheck.ID, just months after it had been reprimanded over its use of another facial-recognition software program. At a senate committee hearing last night, Australian Federal Police Chief Operating Officer Charlotte Tressler confirmed that members of the agency had made use of PimEyes and FaceCheck.ID multiple times between January and August this year. On around 10 occasions, three of those users had “potentially” deployed the controversial software for operational purposes, Tressler said.Australia's federal law-enforcement agency has come under pressure over its continued use of facial-recognition software, with the force acknowledging this week that its staff had recently used facial-recognition software PimEyes and FaceCheck.ID, just months after it had been reprimanded over its use of another facial-recognition software program....

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