Facial recognition to be made mandatory in China for telecom and Internet access
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) in China has announced that starting 1 December, Chinese citizens will have to allow telecommunications carriers to scan their faces when signing up for Internet access and getting a new phone number.
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