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At a time when injustice is growing,

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populists and racists are on the rise -

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as we are also trying to

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combat discrimination based on appearance and origin,

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the EU supports the research and use

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of technology that further intensifies these problems:

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Biometric mass surveillance systems.

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The hope associated with this is understandable:

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More security, more efficiency -

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less crime!

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But from a scientific point of view, it is not justified:

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Because every "artificial intelligence" has to be trained with selected data.

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So it always learns the unconscious biases of its programmers.

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In practice they are self-reinforcing -

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fully automated and incredibly fast:

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"These people cause problems quite often.

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They need to be watched more closely.

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These people cause problems quite often.

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They need to be watched more closely..."

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And if you are thinking:

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"Oh, that doesn't concern me - I have nothing to hide..."

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it is worth looking at how this typically progresses:

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Even harmless-looking systems,

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which were initially intended only for convenient selective identification,

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are subsequently also used for large-scale monitoring.

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It makes sense: "If the technology exists,

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it was expensive to purchase

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And it can recognize suspects..."

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Up until now, virtually every system that was potentially capable of surveillance

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has sooner or later been used for it.

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And with biometric data, it becomes especially dangerous:

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For example, even without your knowledge

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your face can end up in databases,

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which can always identify you everywhere -- completely automatically.

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If your data is then shared or sold on and linked with other data,

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it could have a devastating impact on your life.

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Your creditworthiness, for example, could be restricted.

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You could lose just your freedom to travel....

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or you could lose all your freedom.

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But even if a perfect,

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safe, fair and completely neutral monitoring system existed:

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There would always be a side effect.

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The so-called "chilling effect":

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According to this effect, people who feel that they are being watched

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automatically behave in a more conformist way,

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because they want to avoid attracting attention.

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As a result, resistance to injustice

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and solidarity within society decrease.

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With far-reaching consequences.

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But the EU has the opportunity to stop this trend now.

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Help us and reclaim our public space.

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Claim your rights:

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To privacy, to freedom of speech,

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to protest, and to freedom from discrimination.

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What we need now are fair, non-discriminatory systems

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with a human sense of proportion and reason.

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This creates jobs

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and frees up urgently needed resources:

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Because the biggest problems that threaten our security,

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cannot be solved with biometric surveillance,

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profiling, and associated questionable fortune-telling.

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On the contrary:

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These are an additional danger to our rule of law

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and our most important fundamental rights.

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So sign the European Citizens' Initiative for a new law:

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For a ban on biometric mass surveillance!

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