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St. Petersburg to Introduce Ethnicity Recognition Software in CCTV Cameras

St. Petersburg officials plan to use 8,000 surveillance cameras with ethnicity recognition software to monitor migrants, costing over 38 million rubles , according to Kommersant.
Oleg Kapitanov stated that the technology aims to prevent the formation of ethnic enclaves and manage social tensions.
Critics, including Valery Fadeyev of the Human Rights Council, called the initiative degrading and a potential source of xenophobia.
Concerns have been raised about the effectiveness of the technology in determining ethnic backgrounds, as noted by Konstantin Zatulin.

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St. Petersburg, Russia Adds ‘Ethnicity Recognition Software’ to Surveillance Cameras

City officials in St. Petersburg, Russia, say the city’s CCTV surveillance cameras will be upgraded with “ethnic recognition software."

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Officials in St. Petersburg are about to equip surveillance cameras with ‘ethnic recognition’ technology

Officials in St. Petersburg plan to use surveillance cameras to identify individuals’ ethnic backgrounds in an effort to “monitor” migrants. The move has drawn criticism from human rights advocates, who warn it will fuel xenophobia and discrimination. But beyond the backlash, authorities may face another problem: it’s unclear how this technology is even supposed to work.

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