China is introducing mandatory face scans for users registering new mobile phone services
China on Sunday put into effect new regulations that require Chinese telecom carriers to scan the faces of users registering new mobile phone services, a move the government says is aimed at cracking down on fraud.
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology did not say which companies will provide the telecoms providers with these services but China is home to some of the world’s leaders in facial recognition software, including Megvii and SenseTime.China already has some of the leading technology with regards to facial recognition.
The metro systems of some major Chinese cities have announced they will use the technology, with government-owned newspapersaying Beijing will use it to “classify passengers” to allow for “different security check measures.” While surveillance technologies have encountered little public opposition, there has been some mostly anonymous debate on social media platforms like Weibo with some questioning what the aim of such a programme is.
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