#EU#AI#AIAct#Biometrics#MassSurveillance#FacialRecognition: "On 8 December 2023, EU lawmakers celebrated reaching a deal on the long-awaited Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act. Lead Parliamentarians reassured their colleagues that they had preserved strong protections for human rights, including ruling out biometric mass surveillance (BMS).
Yet despite the lawmakers’ bravado, the AI Act will not ban the vast majority of dangerous BMS practices. Instead, it will introduce – for the first time in the EU – conditions on how to use these systems. Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and EU Member State ministers will vote on whether they accept the final deal in spring 2024."
