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China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said its facial-recognition efforts are aimed at minimizing telephone fraud and preventing the reselling and illegal transfer of mobile phone cards. But the requirement raises new privacy concerns, The Wall Street Journal’s Liza Lin and Shan Li report <https://cio.cmail19.com/t/d-l-xhyhtkl-ykkiutddtj-o/> . *True.* China is home to some of the world’s most prominent facial recognition startups, and citizens can make payments, board planes and enter office buildings with a quick scan of the face. *Also true*. The new regulation gives the Chinese state the ability to better track people based on ethnicity and other factors, Ben Cavender, Shanghai-based managing director at China Market Research Group, tells the WSJ. The technology's use in China has been controversial, most notably in Xinjiang, a region in the country’s northwest where authorities have used the technology to surveil its Uighur Muslim minority. *More companies in the U.K. try tracking faces*. The U.K. has more surveillance cameras per capita than any other country in the West. The Wall Street Journal's Parmy Olson reports <https://cio.cmail19.com/t/d-l-xhyhtkl-ykkiutddtj-b/> that businesses are taking advantage of Britain’s general comfort with surveillance to pair their own cameras with live facial-recognition technology. Companies are also now using watch lists compiled by vendors that can help recognize flagged people who set foot on company property.
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