????Welcome to the 2020s #surveillance dystopia
now with standardized #FacialRecognition across countries

..brought to you by international standards
..with "help" from Chinese telecom behemoths
..deployed soon in YOUR country
??https://t.co/BixYRbg5Hz

— Atul Acharya (@AtulAcharya) December 1, 2019

"Over the past few years, Chinese surveillance infrastructure has swept across regions from Angola to Zimbabwe" @AnnaSophieGross, @madhumita29 and @yuanfenyang write in @FT https://t.co/xhAg2HpMCC

— Privacy Project (@PrivacyProject) December 1, 2019

“Data from African markets is of particular interest to Chinese companies, who are looking to improve the accuracy of their facial recognition algorithms, particularly to identify people of colour” https://t.co/wrapXAdNJK

— Fabio Chiusi (@fabiochiusi) December 2, 2019

Exclusive: Leaked documents obtained by the Financial Times reveal that Chinese technology companies such as ZTE, Dahua and China Telecom are shaping new facial recognition and surveillance standards at the UN https://t.co/gLwcYqVxuN pic.twitter.com/KWR5bLJuGX

— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) December 2, 2019

Chinese tech groups writing UN facial recognition standards https://t.co/CVc997aNdq

— Financial Times (@FT) December 1, 2019

“There are virtually no human rights, consumer protection, or data protection experts present in ITU standards meetings so many of the technologies that threaten privacy and freedom of expression remain unchallenged in these spaces” @arcapde https://t.co/YM5Cyunwnc

— Simonetta Vezzoso ? (@wavesblog) December 2, 2019

Exclusive: Chinese technology companies are shaping new facial recognition and surveillance standards at the UN, according to leaked documents, as they try to open up new markets in the developing world for their cutting-edge technologies https://t.co/KpTqF1gkLD

— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) December 1, 2019

Fascinating and disturbing piece on how the PRC is shaping international standards for facial recognition and surveillance — to the benefit of its firms and the normalization of its political system.

A few key excerpts:

1/https://t.co/KWOoPA0Ys4

— Rush Doshi (@RushDoshi) December 1, 2019

“ITU standards are increasingly being authored by companies as opposed to government officials, according to members of international ITU delegations, and China’s influence in drafting and setting the standards at the UN has grown in recent years” https://t.co/4kEoHahreM

— Danielle Cave (@DaniellesCave) December 1, 2019

You don’t say. https://t.co/8DjCTWIncE

— Ajit Pai (@AjitPaiFCC) December 2, 2019

China's regulation of data serves (among other goals) the geoeconomic purpose of boosting its leadership in AI, as I argue at https://t.co/AbmjMKkVvy
Standard-setting on facial recognition is the intl manifestation of this strategy by China. https://t.co/xaPLVLvJ9X

— Henrique Moraes (@choermoraes) December 1, 2019

#FACIALRECOGNITION = POLICE STATE
China now requires face scans for all new mobile phone accounts https://t.co/Njk7BLvhXp via @VentureBeat

— TRANCE BREAKER -- CENSORSHIP COMETH (@sara8smiles) December 2, 2019

Sth worrying is happening...
1/Europe & UK accept Huawei to build 5G
2/France will require its people to have Face ID submitted
3/China requires Face ID for mobile user today
4/and this... ?? companies shaping intl facial recognition standards@SolomonYuehttps://t.co/2ZMeZ4lBmx

— Hiro Hamakawa (@hiro_hamakawa) December 2, 2019

Perhaps unsurprisingly, SIM card registration for Chinese phone numbers one-upped to include facial scans. https://t.co/OHdSUtdr0a

— Lauren Dickey (@lfdickey) December 1, 2019

China is attempting to export its global surveillance state along with its aggressive espionage war. https://t.co/ZdCBuzH2vf

— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) December 2, 2019

Exclusive: Leaked documents obtained by the Financial Times reveal that Chinese technology companies such as ZTE, Dahua and China Telecom are shaping new facial recognition and surveillance standards at the UN https://t.co/xgZYX4DV6e pic.twitter.com/wDLB9rNRwZ

— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) December 2, 2019

Exclusive: Chinese technology companies are shaping new facial recognition and surveillance standards at the UN, according to leaked documents, as they try to open up new markets in the developing world for their cutting-edge technologies https://t.co/KpTqF1gkLD

— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) December 1, 2019

Exclusive: Leaked documents obtained by the Financial Times reveal that Chinese technology companies such as ZTE, Dahua and China Telecom are shaping new facial recognition and surveillance standards at the UN https://t.co/gLwcYqVxuN pic.twitter.com/KWR5bLJuGX

— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) December 2, 2019

67 countries around the world now use Chinese facial recognition technology, including the United States. If the U.S. wants to stop the spread of Chinese surveillance technology around the world, it's clearly going to have to try a different approach: https://t.co/9qiAWN0NS7 pic.twitter.com/bhxwfgR0S6

— Eric Olander 欧瑞克 (@eolander) December 2, 2019

Chinese tech groups writing UN facial recognition standards https://t.co/Bo3H8WGF1m

— FT China (@ftchina) December 1, 2019

Chinese technology companies are shaping new facial recognition and surveillance standards at the UN, according to leaked documents obtained by the FT, as they try to open up new markets in the developing world for their cutting-edge technologies https://t.co/XFpCmuAzTl

— Robert Went (@went1955) December 2, 2019

Chinese tech groups shaping UN facial recognition standards https://t.co/vdPt9us1zV

— Aaron Friedberg (@AaronFriedberg) December 1, 2019

I often hear that the #ITU is interesting but ultimately irrelevant to internet infra. But when Chinese government and tech industry - major global exporters - invest so much to participate in ITU standards development, you have to start asking questions. https://t.co/L9dnV95lhJ

— Mehwish Ansari (@mehwishaansari) December 2, 2019

Exclusive: Leaked documents obtained by the Financial Times reveal that Chinese technology companies such as ZTE, Dahua and China Telecom are shaping new facial recognition and surveillance standards at the UN https://t.co/uu67JnBzF0 pic.twitter.com/5KbPIqp6fL

— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) December 2, 2019

5G is not the only battle over China's tech.@BrettKing @leimer @psb_dc @ipfconline1 @UrsBolt @cgledhill @rshevlin @thepsironi @karunk @spirosmargaris @jaypalter @jimmarous @efipm#fintech #banking #innovation #digitalbanking #technology #future https://t.co/d7cnJANTsS

— Richard Turrin (@richardturrin) December 2, 2019

Chinese technology companies are shaping new facial recognition and surveillance standards at the UN, according to leaked documents obtained by the Financial Times...

It's past time to remove ourselves from the UN!https://t.co/LxV0LgyhhU

— Truth (@1foreverseeking) December 2, 2019

Fascinating and disturbing piece on how the PRC is shaping international standards for facial recognition and surveillance — to the benefit of its firms and the normalization of its political system.

A few key excerpts:

1/https://t.co/KWOoPA0Ys4

— Rush Doshi (@RushDoshi) December 1, 2019

Chinese tech groups shaping UN facial recognition standardshttps://t.co/uRSGtuUObI

— Charles Mok 莫乃光 (@charlesmok) December 2, 2019

Sobering read on how global politics bite into AI governance & standardisation, especially outside Western world. @FT report Chinese tech groups shaping @UN #facialrecognition standards.Companies hope to gain edge by laying the groundwork for global rules https://t.co/Qse027u1Ey pic.twitter.com/F88nfUtHU7

— Maria Luciana Axente ❤️?? (@maria_axente) December 2, 2019

Chinese tech groups shaping UN facial recognition standards https://t.co/2TQ6Sls3E9 pic.twitter.com/Qgzdg7QtAh

— Adam Segal (@adschina) December 2, 2019

ZTE, Dahua & China Telecom are among those proposing new international standards — specifications aimed at creating universally consistent technology — in the UN’s ITU for facial recognition, video monitoring, city & vehicle surveillancehttps://t.co/OPQWVLcphg @FT @YuanfenYang

— William Nee (@williamnee) December 2, 2019

"#Chinese technology companies are shaping new facial recognition and surveillance standards at the #UN, according to leaked documents obtained by the Financial Times, as they try to open up new markets in the developing world," writes @FT. https://t.co/nwRC2lWlNW

— Lukas Trakimavicius (@LukasTraki) December 2, 2019

Good morning, London. While you were sleeping, this was our most read story: https://t.co/aMPEZLPK7U

— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) December 2, 2019

Yeah so this is a problem https://t.co/CJW5OPemOG

— Clare Garvie (@ClareAngelyn) December 2, 2019

Customers in China who buy SIM cards or register new mobile-phone services must have their faces scanned under a new law that came into effect yesterday. https://t.co/tD8vYBFWMh

— Adrienne Fichter (@adfichter) December 2, 2019

Winston, there is no other place to go. We are everywhere. #1984 #orwell #china #clear https://t.co/GyNzzwEJM2

— Steve Clemons (@SCClemons) December 2, 2019

This is actually (evil) genius. Within a phone replacement cycle - 2 to 5 years - China will have a database of a very high quality face scans, reliably linked to the official IDs, of most of its adult population: https://t.co/Vy0tU5SfK2

— Stasys Bielinis (@Staska) December 1, 2019

If you think living in a surveillance state is bad, just wait until somebody hacks this motherlode of biometric data. https://t.co/qft0OQXqFq

— Daniel Tunkelang (@dtunkelang) December 1, 2019

“People in China are now required to have their faces scanned when registering new mobile phone services... to protect the legitimate rights and interest of citizens in cyberspace.” https://t.co/Z1qsyFyF8u

— Alex Gladstein (@gladstein) December 1, 2019

China further extends its dystopian surveillance state by requiring all mobile phone users to submit to facial scans, allowing China’s pervasive facial recognition technology to track them even if they leave their phones behind. https://t.co/7RJEGhQ2T7

— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) December 1, 2019

People in China are now required to have their faces scanned when registering new mobile phone services, as the authorities seek to verify the identities of the country's hundreds of millions of internet users.https://t.co/bPmpcKFe8y

— Alfons López Tena #FBPE (@alfonslopeztena) December 1, 2019

People in China are now required to have their faces scanned when registering new mobile phone services, as the authorities seek to verify the identities of the country's hundreds of millions of internet users.

⁦@declanganley⁩ https://t.co/gL4IVX7wBH

— Michael F. Lee, Jr., CAIA (@MLeeJr) December 1, 2019

"People in China are now required to have their faces scanned when registering new mobile phone services, as the authorities seek to verify the identities of the country's hundreds of millions of internet users."https://t.co/PjdZviSUM7

— end times life (@endtimeslife) December 2, 2019

Beijing is introducing face scanning for new smart phone users. The Chinese Govt wants a owners photo associated with every cell phone in the country.

cc@thespybrief@LouiseMensch@ericgarlandhttps://t.co/dBgMFB4R4j

— Pete EVANS (@911CORLEBRA777) December 1, 2019

“China due to introduce face scans for mobile users

People in China are now required to have their faces scanned when registering new mobile phone services, as authorities seek to verify identities of the country's hundreds of millions of internet users.” https://t.co/6yJX9gr4JB

— Amrita Bhinder (@amritabhinder) December 2, 2019

New regulation in China ?? comes into effect today obliging people to have their faces scanned when using new mobile phone services. A new step in #facialrecognition #surveillance but GVT says wants to protect rights&interests of citizens in #cyberspace?https://t.co/HgCZV7wBpD

— Chair Legal & Regulatory Implications #AI (@AI_Regulation) December 1, 2019

#China due to introduce face scans for #mobile users - BBC News https://t.co/GCmy0NyYBF #facerecognition #smartphones #privacy #cybersecurity pic.twitter.com/h6AqgomUQ0

— Paula Piccard ?? ?? (@Paula_Piccard) December 1, 2019

China now requires a face scan for anyone buying and registering a mobile phone. New law effective yesterday, honing the face surveillance state. https://t.co/HZF7kpYeoD

— Anna Bacciarelli (@a_bacci) December 2, 2019

"People in China are now required to have their faces scanned when registering new mobile phone services, as the authorities seek to verify the identities of the country's hundreds of millions of internet users." https://t.co/Id6renCjZO

— Alexander Kruel (@XiXiDu) December 2, 2019

中国、今月から新しくスマホ買うのに顔認証が必要になったらしい。住所氏名だけじゃなくリアルな顔データも国に記録される。
さすが中国って感じの規制だけど、いずれどこもネットは総実名制になるんだろうなとは思う?

China due to introduce face scans for mobile users https://t.co/T0hB7NRnbh

— Donnary21st (@don_21st) December 2, 2019

People in China are now required to have their faces scanned when registering new mobile phone services, as the authorities seek to verify the identities of the country's hundreds of millions of internet users.

This regulation came into effect on Sunday.https://t.co/LYYoR0NXZ2

— hardmaru (@hardmaru) December 1, 2019

BBC News - #China due to introduce #face #scans for #mobile #users https://t.co/jd2AwnMx5t @Alex_Goik @alexanderhayes @RobaAbbas @IEEESSIT @IEEEWIE @ASU_SFIS @CIDSEASU @abcnews

— Katina Michael (@katinamichael) December 1, 2019

All mobile phone users in China registering new SIM cards must submit to facial recognition scans, as new rule goes into effect across the country on Sunday. Another step towards ubiquitous personal surveillance, social credit scoring & society of control https://t.co/JLJ83zqTRy

— Rob Kitchin (@RobKitchin) December 2, 2019

#China brings in mandatory facial recognition for mobile phone users | #surveillance https://t.co/vZXrmRTGI3

— Florian Flade (@FlorianFlade) December 2, 2019

China increases its already draconian surveillance policy, by making facial recognition compulsory for all mobile phone users in the country.https://t.co/TsSFf4bAGB

— Free Tibet (@freetibetorg) December 2, 2019

“All mobile phone users in China registering new SIM cards must submit to facial recognition scans, according to a new rule that went into effect across the country on Sunday.” https://t.co/V3ZKjU3tql

— Frederik Borgesius (@fborgesius) December 2, 2019

You affect the world by what you browse ! https://t.co/s8ldfyxvmn

— A Khaja Moideen (@akhajaamoideen) December 2, 2019

China brings in mandatory facial recognition for mobile phone users https://t.co/9zecBfvRFn <we see mobile trade bodies like the @gsma sit on the fence over #SimReg cos $$$$$ https://t.co/qY6ZmCKcnB

— Privacy Matters (@PrivacyMatters) December 2, 2019

"All mobile phone users in China registering new SIM cards must submit to facial recognition scans, according to a new rule that went into effect across the country on Sunday."https://t.co/tALzkFx6J3

— Alip Erkin (@Gheribjan) December 2, 2019

Mandatory facial recognition for mobile phone users in China "makes Chinese mobile phone and internet users easier to track."

Farewell consent.https://t.co/QXjHVszT4J

— Aimee van Wynsberghe (@aimeevanrobot) December 2, 2019

Cuando las barbas en China veas cortar, pon las tuyas a ...
“All mobile phone users in China registering new SIM cards must submit to facial recognition scans, according to a new rule that went into effect across the country on Sunday.” https://t.co/YMXmOHcWll

— Jorge Garcia Herrero (@jgarciaherrero) December 2, 2019

China brings in mandatory facial recognition for mobile phone users | World news | Beyond anything George Orwell could have imagined.... https://t.co/8EqKEpxxKe

— Marc Goodman (@FutureCrimes) December 2, 2019

China now requires face scans for all new mobile phone accounts https://t.co/2tpDqgM4jm

— Evan Kirstel (@evankirstel) December 2, 2019

#China now requires face #scans for all new #mobile #phone accounts

Source: https://t.co/BMyBVaYw0S#Reliyant #programming #coding #developer #coders #programmers #frontend #computerscience #software #machinelearning #AI #technews #technology #freelance

— Reliyant (@reliyant) December 3, 2019

China has rolled out mandatory face recognition scans for all people registering new SIM cards.
How much will this measure help prevent telecom fraud and improve cybersecurity? Your views are welcome in the comments below!https://t.co/K1HRFwAcAi#China #SIMcard #facescan

— Voip Review (@_VoipReview) December 3, 2019

Regardless of where you stand on facial recognition technology, the bar is being raised higher every day: https://t.co/AuFHtUEXuh #FacialRecognition #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ML #MachineLearning

— Myplanet (@myplanet) December 2, 2019

Scary: China is reportedly fine-tuning its ability to identify and track black people, using Zimbabwe as a massive test lab.https://t.co/99F8rYvNw3 pic.twitter.com/ncrdMFxK1r

— Vince Coglianese (@VinceCoglianese) December 2, 2019

Chinese tech groups writing UN facial recognition standards https://t.co/CVc997aNdq

— Financial Times (@FT) December 1, 2019

ZTEやDahuaなど中国のテック企業が、国際電気通信連合(ITU)で、顔認識，監視などに関する新しい国際標準を提案中??
国際標準として採用されたら中国は優位になるが、人種，肌の色など検出された顔の特徴をデータベースに保存することを規定しており人権侵害の懸念があるよう。https://t.co/bQLiDIah58

— MARINA?｜Edge AI (@m__sb04) December 2, 2019

This is a worrying but widespread trend in the internet governance space. Opaque processes allow those with the highest financial stakes (and most resources!) to set the global rules.

e.g. why 5G standards were set by tiny number of companies. https://t.co/rdb0bufkTp

— Katja Bego (@katjabego) December 2, 2019

https://t.co/TuC5NAdsIA
"Requirements in the draft standard for facial recognition...stipulate a requirement to store detected facial features in a database, including race, skin colour, face style, birthmarks, scars and other demographic features."

— Ingrid Burrington (@lifewinning) December 2, 2019

China is shaping UN standards that will decide how surveillance technologies are used. | Big story by @AnnaSophieGross, @madhumita29, and @yuanfenyang, w/smart takes by @mehwishaansari and @SteveJFeldstein https://t.co/SPGcBRX4FQ

— Jon Hillman (@HillmanJE) December 2, 2019

Chinese tech groups shaping UN facial recognition standards https://t.co/znklZzXY6X via @financialtimes

— Alessandra Suuberg (@alessuube) December 2, 2019

China forces citizens to scan faces when registering mobile phone services with new regulation, intensifying its Orwellian censorship campaign.

Why is China a member of the U.N. Human Rights Council?
https://t.co/IhhnpF4bKB

— UN Watch (@UNWatch) December 3, 2019

https://t.co/Q7vd1141VK

He causes all, small, great, rich, poor, free men & slaves to be given a mark on their right hand or forehead & provides no one will be able to buy or sell, except one who has mark, either name of beast or number of his name Revelation 13:16-17#EndTimes

— RepentantSinner (@Rocher96Ferrero) December 2, 2019

(ヽ'ω`)中国でスマホ使う時は中国政府に顔スキャンデータの提出が必須になるのでとても危険https://t.co/xGHzVpLr0F

— (･ิω･ิ)もろきう(･ิω･ิ) (@moroQ_mayuge) December 3, 2019

In a chilling move, as of this Sunday, all mobile phone users in China registering new SIM cards will be forced to submit to #facialrecognition scans. https://t.co/JCknGi4xuw pic.twitter.com/JnvkIV33wN

— Edward Herbert (@ed_herbert) December 3, 2019

China brings in mandatory facial recognition for mobile phone users#whynot ?@Fisher85M@robvank@mirko_ross@nenadokuzov@MikeQuindazzi@antgrasso@JureLampe@mju_RS@tvidonja@nmusar

? https://t.co/ray9tThzPx

— Living Bits & Things (@LBT_IoT) December 2, 2019

China brings in mandatory facial recognition for mobile phone users

Ministry claims change will ‘protect the legitimate rights and interest of citizens in cyberspace’ but critics say it’s dystopian#surveillance #philosophy #tech https://t.co/0EuVhn4AC6

— Synthetic Future(s) (@SynFutures) December 3, 2019

#China brings in mandatory #facialrecognition formobilephone users | China - The Guardian https://t.co/j73tnEnEsU #privacy #GDPR

— Paul Nemitz (@PaulNemitz) December 2, 2019

Whoa. No mobile without facial recognition scans.

All mobile phone users in China registering new SIM cards must submit to facial recognition scans. https://t.co/kSgQfC4W8n

— Wessel van Rensburg (@wildebees) December 2, 2019