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https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/sep/05/iran-government-facial-recognition-technology-hijab-law-crackdown>
"The Iranian government is planning to use facial recognition technology on
public transport to identify women who are not complying with a strict new law
on wearing the hijab, as the regime continues its increasingly punitive
crackdown on women’s dress.
The secretary of Iran’s Headquarters for Promoting Virtue and Preventing Vice,
Mohammad Saleh Hashemi Golpayegani, announced in a recent interview that the
government was planning to use surveillance technology against women in public
places following a new decree signed by the country’s hardline president,
Ebrahim Raisi, on restricting women’s clothing.
The decree was signed on 15 August, a month after the 12 July national “Hijab
and Chastity Day”, which sparked countrywide protests by women who posted
videos of themselves on social media with their heads uncovered on streets and
on buses and trains. In recent weeks, the Iranian authorities have responded
with a spate of arrests, detentions and forced confessions on television."
Via
The RISKS Digest Volume 33 Issue 44:
http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/33/44#subj15
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
