Russia to Install Facial Recognition Tech in Every School
More than 43,000 Russian schools will be equipped with facial recognition cameras ominously named “Orwell,” according to a news report by The Moscow Times. The Orwell platform is described as a image-recognition monitoring system that uses computer vision algorithms, and will be integrated with face recognition, as well, says the report.
Yevgeny Lapshev, a spokesman for the Orwell platform, notes the technology is meant to ensure students' safety by monitoring their movements and identifying outsiders on the premises, reports The Moscow Times. In addition, Lapshev claimed that databases would be stored locally to avoid breaches. He also stressed that parents and children won’t be added without their consent. In the future, the surveillance technology could be used to take attendance, monitor teachers’ working hours and be used for distance learning, notes the report.