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To beat football violence, Brazilian clubs scan every fan
AFP, Published on 20/10/2025
» SAO PAULO - It was yet another tragedy linked to hooliganism in South American football: A young woman died after shards from a glass bottle thrown during a fight between fans sliced her throat.
Singapore aims for passport-free departures from airport
Bloomberg News, Published on 19/09/2023
» SINGAPORE - Some passengers will soon be able to depart from Singapore’s Changi Airport without a passport, as part of changes to the city-state’s immigration law that allows for end-to-end biometric clearance.
EU privacy groups set sights on facial recognition firm
AFP, Published on 27/05/2021
» PARIS - Privacy organisations on Thursday complained to regulators in five European countries over the practices of Clearview AI, a company that has built a powerful facial recognition database using images "scraped" from the web.
US lawmakers told of security risks from China-owned TikTok
AFP, Published on 05/03/2020
» WASHINGTON - US officials on Wednesday stepped up warnings about the potential security risks from the fast-growing, Chinese-owned TikTok as a lawmaker unveiled legislation to ban the social media app from government devices.
Facebook's settlement puts spotlight on 'biometric privacy'
AFP, Published on 02/02/2020
» WASHINGTON - Facebook's massive settlement in a class action case over violating a state law on how it uses facial recognition is being hailed as a watershed moment for "biometric privacy."
IS chief buried at sea by US military
AFP, Published on 29/10/2019
» WASHINGTON: The body of Islamic State group chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was buried at sea by the US military after he killed himself during the weekend raid on his Syrian hideout, a Pentagon source told AFP on Monday.