Next Democratic Frontiers for Facial Recognition Technology (FRT)

Natalia Menéndez González is a PhD candidate at the European University Institute, where she researches the proportionality within the use of Facial Recognition Technology. She is also a Research Associate at the Centre for a Digital Society, a co-founder of The DigiCon blog, a visiting researcher at the Biometrics Law Lab of the Center for IT & IP Law at the KU Leuven Faculty of Law and Criminology and former vice-chair of the PhD students in AI Ethics research group. Her other research interests include AI Ethics, especially for Natural Language Processing and the intersection between Artificial Intelligence and Democracy.Giuseppe Mobilio is Associate Professor in Constitutional Law at the University of Florence. His current research interests include biometric surveillance, the regulation of technology and the protection of fundamental rights. More broadly, his research fields also include constitutional justice, dynamics of forms of governments, sources of law, territorial government and metropolitan authorities.

• Facial Recognition Technology and the Challenges to Democratic Systems: an Introduction.- Facial recognition technologies: threats or opportunities for democracy?.- Technical Solutions for a Proportional Use of Facial Recognition Technology.- Facial Recognition in Public Spaces and the Principle of Necessity.- Enhancing Oversight and Addressing Gaps: Assessing the Impact of the AI Act on Biometric Identification Systems.- Biometric Data and Facial Recognition Technology in the EU: The Interplay between Data Protection and Cybersecurity.- FRT and access to public services: What acceptable uses in smart cities?.- From identity to emotional dominance? “Early warnings” on emotion recognition uses by police forces.