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In 2019, the South China Morning Post reported that the Beijing Subway would also begin sorting passengers using facial recognition based on information pulled from the social credit system and criminal offending databases. Commuters who exhibited anti-social behavior or had previous bad credit scores would also be penalized under the system. [127]
[7] [10] According to a February 2022 report by the Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS), a social credit "score" is a myth as there is "no score that dictates citizen's place in society". [7] The Social Credit System is an extension to the existing legal and financial credit rating system in China. [11]
The company's core product, Face++, launched in 2012 as the first online facial recognition platform in China. [7] In 2015 Megvii created Brain++, a deep-learning engine to help train its algorithms. [1] Backed by GGV Capital, [8] Megvii raised $100 million in 2016, [5] $460 million in 2017 [9] and $750 million in May 2019. [10]
The use of facial recognition technology is continuing to expand, despite concerns about its accuracy and fairness and about how it could be used by governments to spy on people.
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Police in China are now sporting glasses equipped with facial recognition devices and they're using them to scan train riders and plane passengers for individuals who may be trying to avoid law ...
Biometrics for the purposes of identification may involve DNA matching, facial recognition, fingerprints, retina and iris scanning, voice analysis, handwriting, gait, and even body odor. [1] There are multiple countries applying biometrics for multiple reasons, from voting to ePassports.
The safari park uses facial recognition technology to verify the identities of its Year Card holders. An estimated 300 tourist sites in China have installed facial recognition systems and use them to admit visitors. This case is reported to be the first on the use of facial recognition systems in China. [112]