Moscow to expand metro facial recognition network

Commuters walk through ticket gates equipped with facial recognition systems at a metro station in Moscow, Russia. According to a tender on the government’s procurement website, authorities will purchase video surveillance cameras to be installed at 85 metro stations that will be able to auto-focus, shoot in high definition and recognise faces. — AFP

MOSCOW: Moscow authorities have allocated more than US$10mil (RM40.38mil) to purchase and install across the city’s sprawling metro system high-definition cameras that can recognise faces and track fast movements, Russian media reported on Feb 25.

Russia’s capital Moscow in recent years has developed a vast network of some 100,000 facial recognition cameras, sparking concerns from activists over state surveillance.