Last May, the French government launched a working group aimed at legalizing real-time facial recognition.
Far from being a surprise, this announcement is part of a series of proposals put forward by Macron's governments, along with industrial and scientific players.
In this op-ed, we argue that facial recognition is incompatible with democratic forms of life.
https://www.laquadrature.net/en/2025/09/04/in-france-the-eternal-return-of-facial-recognition/
In France, the eternal return of facial recognition
Last May, the French government launched a working group aimed at legalizing real-time facial recognition. Far from being a surprise, this announcement is part of a series of proposals put forward by state officials, along with industrial and scientific players. We publish this op-ed by Félix Trégue
