Cameras against comfort: in China they have used facial recognition to detect who was wearing pajamas down the street

 

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Cameras against comfort: in China they have used facial recognition to detect who was wearing pajamas down the street
The events have taken place in Suzhou, west of Shanghai. As explained in the Global Times (which is a medium controlled by the Chinese government), seven photos of people who were in pajamas were published in public places, along with their names, their identification card and more information. They explain from the media that this "caused a furor" in social networks and that "Internet users argued that there was nothing wrong with wearing pajamas in public."

Global Times says that these Internet users "also questioned whether the government violated the privacy of residents by disclosing their personal information," to which Suzhou, which has about six million inhabitants, responded that they are currently competing for the title of "National City Civilized "and that expressly prohibited citizens from wearing pajamas in public.
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