When a secretive start-up scraped the internet to build a facial-recognition tool, it tested a legal and ethical limit — and blew the future of privacy in America wide open.

It was another black mark on the privacy record of the social network, which also reported its quarterly earnings.

The whole point of modern surveillance is to treat people differently, and facial recognition technologies are only a small part of that.

As governments and companies invest more in security networks, hundreds of millions more surveillance cameras will be watching the world in 2021, mostly in China, according to a new report.

France is poised to become the first European country to use facial recognition technology to give citizens a secure digital identity -- whether they want it or not.

They need facial scans of people with darker skin

It took Chinese authorities just seven minutes to locate and apprehend BBC reporter John Sudworth using its powerful network of CCTV camera and facial recognition technology. This wasn’t a case of a member of the media being forcibly removed from the country. The chase was a stunt set up to i…

When even Microsoft starts calling for government regulation, you know the technology is a problem

Opinion: We've been assured that facial recognition technology is secure, reliable, and accurate. That's far from certain.

In July, we shared our views about the need for government regulation and responsible industry measures to address advancing facial recognition technology. As we discussed, this technology brings important and even exciting societal benefits but also the potential for abuse. We noted the need for broader study and discussion of these issues. In the ensuing...