Live facial recognition is tracking kids suspected of being criminals

Now a new investigation from Human Rights Watch has found that not only are children regularly added to CONARC, but the database also powers a live facial recognition system in Buenos Aires deployed by the city government. This makes the system likely the first known instance of its kind being used to hunt down kids suspected of criminal activity. "It's completely outrageous," says Hye Jung Han, a children's rights advocate at Human Rights Watch, who led the research. Buenos Aires first began trialing live facial recognition on April 24, 2019. Implemented without any public consultation, the system sparked immediate resistance.