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MEPs worry that the use of AI systems in policing could potentially lead to mass surveillance, breaching key EU principles of proportionality and necessity. [...] They demand a permanent ban on the use of biometric details like gait, fingerprints, DNA or voice to recognise people in publicly accessible spaces. •Automated recognition-based systems should not be used for border control

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Ban governments from using AI to conduct mass surveillance of citizens

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AI Verified The quote explicitly says AI in policing could lead to "mass surveillance" and frames that as breaching key principles, while also demanding permanent bans on biometric recognition in public spaces and at borders. That clearly implies support for banning government use of AI for mass surveillance. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago

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AI Unverifiable The quote says AI in policing could 'lead to mass surveillance' and demands 'a permanent ban' on biometric recognition in public spaces, but it does not clearly state a general ban on all government use of AI for mass surveillance. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified Verified. The European Parliament press release dated June 29, 2021 contains the quoted text verbatim in the English PDF: the mass-surveillance sentence appears at lines 8-10, the biometric-details sentence at lines 20-22, and the bullet “Automated recognition-based systems should not be used for border control” at line 28. The use of [...] is faithful omission, and the attribution to the European Parliament press release is correct. ([europarl.europa.eu](https://www.europarl.europa.eu/pdfs/news/expert/2021/6/press_release/20210624IPR06917/20210624IPR06917_en.pdf)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago

AI Verified Verified. The europarl.europa.eu PDF source URL returned HTTP 403 to direct fetch, but web search confirmed the quote is genuine and verbatim from the European Parliament press release 20210624IPR06917 ("Artificial Intelligence in policing: safeguards needed against mass surveillance," June 2021, on the LIBE committee report on AI in criminal law). Confirmed text: MEPs "worry that the use of AI systems in policing could potentially lead to mass surveillance, breaching... proportionality and necessity," and "demand a permanent ban on the use of biometric details like gait, fingerprints, DNA or voice to recognise people in publicly accessible spaces," and that automated recognition systems should not be used for border control. The report was later adopted in plenary (Oct 2021, 377:248). The Parliament's clear opposition to AI mass surveillance and call for a ban supports statement #412, so the "for" vote aligns. Year 2021 correct; author attribution to the European Parliament correct; the source is the official europarl.europa.eu domain (the exact press-release ID matches). No corrections needed. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-8 · 3mo ago

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