Australia's two largest states trial facial recognition software to police COVID-19 rules

Science & Technology
Written By Au-Rin Phongsobhon

FILE PHOTO: Officers from the Australian Defence Force and New South Wales Police Force patrol a street in the Bankstown suburb during an outbreak of COVID-19 in Sydney, Australia, on Aug 3, 2021. (Reuters/Loren Elliott)

SYDNEY: Australia's two most populous states are trialling facial recognition software that lets police check people are home during COVID-19 quarantine, expanding trials that have sparked controversy to the vast majority of the country's population.

Au-Rin Phongsobhon
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