Last May, the French government launched a working group aimed at legalizing real-time facial recognition.

Far from being a surprise, this announcement is part of a series of proposals put forward by Macron's governments, along with industrial and scientific players.

In this op-ed, we argue that facial recognition is incompatible with democratic forms of life.

https://www.laquadrature.net/en/2025/09/04/in-france-the-eternal-return-of-facial-recognition/