The sensitive nature of facial recognition: Tensions between the Swedish police and regulatory authorities

• Published in: Information polity Vol. 27; no. 2; p. 219
• Main Authors: Eneman, Marie, Ljungberg, Jan, Raviola, Elena, Rolandsson, Bertil
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Sage Publications Ltd 01.01.2022
• Subjects: Affordances; Annan rättsvetenskaplig forskning; Annan samhällsvetenskap; Artificial intelligence; Face recognition; Facial recognition; Facial recognition technology; Information Systems, Social aspects; Information Systems, Social aspects (including Human Aspects of ICT); Institutional dialogue; Legitimacy; Machine learning; Media and Communications; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Medie-, kommunikations-, och informationsvetenskaper; New technology; Other Legal Research; Other Social Sciences; Police; Police authority; Policy making; Privacy; Qualitative analysis; Qualitative document analysis; Regulatory agencies; Regulatory authorities; Samhällsvetenskap; Security; Social Sciences; Surveillance; surveillance facial recognition privacy affordances legitimacy police authority regulatory authorities institutional dialogue qualitative document analysis; Systemvetenskap, informationssystem och informatik med samhällsvetenskaplig inriktning; Technology utilization

Emerging technologies with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are laying the foundation for surveillance capabilities of a magnitude never seen before. This article focuses on facial recognition, now rapidly introduced in many police authorities around the world, with expectations of...