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Amnesty International

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Amnesty International is calling on the Argentinian authorities to ban the development, production, sale, and use of remote biometric recognition technologies for mass and targeted discriminatory surveillance, and to ban its unlawful use by all public and private actors.

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Amnesty International news release, “Argentina: Unchecked deployment of AI-driven surveillance reinforces a techno-authoritarian infrastructure of social control,” 19 August 2026.

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Ban governments from using AI to conduct mass surveillance of citizens

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AI Verified Amnesty International explicitly calls to ban remote biometric technology for mass and discriminatory surveillance. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1mo ago

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AI Verified Amnesty International calls to ban mass discriminatory biometric surveillance; recorded answer for matches. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1mo ago

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AI Verified Amnesty International’s 2026-08-19 release contains the quoted call verbatim. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1mo ago

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