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Real question- could face surveillance be one of the reasons multiple governments have banned niqabs or face veils?
by drumttocs8 7y ago
Real question- could face surveillance be one of the reasons multiple governments have banned niqabs or face veils?
- buboard 7y agoIt's certainly the excuse given. "You can't hide your face in public spaces with niqabs or balaclavas for security reasons". The worrying part is that people are OK with it
- justinclift 7y agoPerhaps the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster should add niqabs to their official clothing list, as an initial counter to this face surveillance crap. Could be useful at least in the jurisdictions that don't ban them.
- rayiner 7y agoProbably not. The ban in Turkey dates to 1980, and in Europe to the early 2000s. This technology didn’t really exist back then. Several states that have enacted the ban (Kosovo, Tunisia) don’t have the technology to do this kind of surveillance.
- magduf 7y agoThere have been laws banning masks for ages. There were laws like that in parts of the US well over 100 years ago. It should be pretty obvious why: you can commit a crime with a mask and not be identified.