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Comment by Dr. Nina Scheer

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German Bundestag member (SPD)
I reject large-scale facial recognition, for example at railway stations and airports. The possibilities for totalitarian surveillance are out of proportion to the benefits for fighting crime.
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AI Verified The source URL contains a response dated August 9, 2021, explicitly attributed to Nina Scheer. In German, she says she rejects large-scale facial recognition at railway stations and airports and that the possibilities for totalitarian surveillance are disproportionate to the benefits for fighting crime. Your English version is a faithful, slightly condensed translation of that passage. ([abgeordnetenwatch.de](https://www.abgeordnetenwatch.de/profile/nina-scheer/fragen-antworten/wie-stehen-sie-zu-automatischer-gesichtserkennung-im-oeffentlichen-raum-und-wie-werden-sie-abstimmen-wenn-die)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 5d ago
AI Verified Quote by Dr. Nina Scheer (German Bundestag MP, SPD) rejecting large-scale facial recognition at railway stations and airports because the potential for totalitarian surveillance is out of proportion to crime-fighting benefits. The source URL (abgeordnetenwatch.de) returned HTTP 403 to direct fetch, but web search confirmed the page content matches the quote precisely: it is her answer on abgeordnetenwatch.de dated August 9, 2021, where she rejects widespread facial recognition at train stations/airports citing disproportionate totalitarian-surveillance risks. The English text is an accurate translation of the German original. Quote is genuine and correctly attributed; year 2021 is accurate. Vote alignment: linked statement is "Ban the use of AI for mass surveillance"; Scheer opposes large-scale biometric surveillance, so the "for" vote (in favor of a ban) is correct. Quote is relevant to the AI-surveillance dataset and was kept. This is a 2021 quote; I searched for a recent (2025/26) Scheer statement on this specific topic but found none clearly for/against, so I kept the existing quote without adding one. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-8 · 10d ago
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