State Surveillance

In India, fears grow that facial recognition systems may be used to target minorities

As the country seeks to build one of the world’s largest face databases, activists fear bias against vulnerable groups.

Aishwarya Jagani
· Oct 02, 2021 · 01:30 pm
Delhi police’s facial recognition tech could make Muslims likelier targets

A key factor that makes the religious group vulnerable is the uneven distribution of police stations across the city, shows research.

Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com
· Aug 25, 2021 · 01:30 pm
Union home ministry requests fund of Rs 50,000 crore to set up real-time surveillance: Report

The ministry said the proposed National Internal Security Fund would address the shared responsibility of the Centre and states to ensure domestic security.

Scroll Staff
· Sep 09, 2020 · 11:19 am

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Why India should worry about Surat's celebration of its new closed-circuit camera network

Public debate must precede any expansion of state surveillance in India, which lacks laws and institutional mechanisms to protect a citizen’s privacy.

Saurav Datta
· Jun 24, 2014 · 07:45 am

State Surveillance

In India, fears grow that facial recognition systems may be used to target minorities

As the country seeks to build one of the world’s largest face databases, activists fear bias against vulnerable groups.

Aishwarya Jagani
· Oct 02, 2021 · 01:30 pm

Delhi police’s facial recognition tech could make Muslims likelier targets

A key factor that makes the religious group vulnerable is the uneven distribution of police stations across the city, shows research.

Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com
· Aug 25, 2021 · 01:30 pm

Union home ministry requests fund of Rs 50,000 crore to set up real-time surveillance: Report

The ministry said the proposed National Internal Security Fund would address the shared responsibility of the Centre and states to ensure domestic security.

Scroll Staff
· Sep 09, 2020 · 11:19 am

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· Feb 10, 2020 · 03:36 pm

South Africa: Mass surveillance ruled unlawful by court after challenge by journalists

The amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism had said the country’s surveillance law violated the right to privacy.

Scroll Staff
· Sep 17, 2019 · 03:48 pm

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Public debate must precede any expansion of state surveillance in India, which lacks laws and institutional mechanisms to protect a citizen’s privacy.

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State Surveillance

In India, fears grow that facial recognition systems may be used to target minorities

As the country seeks to build one of the world’s largest face databases, activists fear bias against vulnerable groups.

Aishwarya Jagani · Oct 02, 2021 · 01:30 pm

Delhi police’s facial recognition tech could make Muslims likelier targets

A key factor that makes the religious group vulnerable is the uneven distribution of police stations across the city, shows research.

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Union home ministry requests fund of Rs 50,000 crore to set up real-time surveillance: Report

The ministry said the proposed National Internal Security Fund would address the shared responsibility of the Centre and states to ensure domestic security.

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Public debate must precede any expansion of state surveillance in India, which lacks laws and institutional mechanisms to protect a citizen’s privacy.

Saurav Datta · Jun 24, 2014 · 07:45 am

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· Oct 02, 2021 · 01:30 pm

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· Aug 25, 2021 · 01:30 pm

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· Sep 09, 2020 · 11:19 am

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