A majority of Dutch voters believe that facial recognition cameras should be allowed to be used to detect serious crime. Daily newspaper Trouw recently reported this.
The newspaper is a partner of Kieskompas and has analyzed data from the voting aid. On Kieskompas' statement, "Cameras with facial recognition may be used to detect serious crime," 65 percent of users said they agreed. However, civil rights groups are critical: they are concerned about live facial recognition being used in public places.
Earlier this year, the EU passed the AI Act. It stipulates that real-time facial recognition may be used in a variety of situations. For example, to track down people who are missing or victims of human trafficking or sexual abuse. Other cases include preventing a specific and current terrorist threat, tracking people suspected of crimes such as terrorism, human trafficking, sexual abuse, murder, kidnapping, rape, armed robbery, participation in a criminal organization and environmental crimes.
