Myanmar's New 'Safe City' Surveillance Uses Facial Recognition to Monitor Public

Originally published by Human Rights Watch on 2021-03-12.

On December 14, 2020, Myanmar authorities rolled out the first phase of its “Safe City” initiative and started using a system of 335 surveillance cameras in eight townships in the capital, Naypyidaw. The cameras, from the technology company Huawei, come installed with artificial intelligence…

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