A camera used to identify drivers or pedestrians who blew through red lights is pictured in Shenzhen city, South China's Guangdong province, April 23, 2018. [Photo/IC] Shenzhen is using facial recognition technology to identify traffic violators and levy fines as it builds toward its goal of being a smart city. Forty sets of surveillance devices, installed mainly at intersections with high traffic volume, officially lit up on Tuesday. The electronics police will pay special attention to people in certain industries - couriers, for example - as well as people who have had their driver's licenses revoked, according to the city's traffic police. Four types of violations - running a red light, failing to observe traffic signals, nonmotorized vehicles running on roads and driving without a license - will be closely monitored. A total of 58 cases related to jaywalking and 67 cases involving nonmotorized vehicles on roads were detected on the first day. The violators will be notified via text message and fined depending on the severity of the violation. The move is Shenzhen's latest push to make use of high technology in municipal governance. Earlier, the city had launched programs using facial recognition technology to regulate vehicles. With the rapid development of facial recognition technology, Shenzhen has achieved a breakthrough in expanding traffic regulation from only vehicles to pedestrians, said Xu Wei, head of Shenzhen's traffic police. The city plans to expand the surveillance network by adding at least 200 sets of facial recognition devices by the end of this year, he said. Shenzhen, which is home to a number of technology companies, such as Huawei, Tencent and DJI, has been taking efforts to integrate advanced technology into its traffic system. In April last year, the traffic police installed a set of surveillance cameras at a key intersection, using facial recognition technology to identify jaywalkers. Photos were compared with those in a police database. The pictures and personal information of the traffic violators were displayed on large LED screens at the intersection. Most people appear to embrace the move, saying it could reduce irregularities and promote social progress. The measure is a constraint to people who have little consciousness of traffic rules. In the long term, fewer people will violate the rules and our society will become better, said Lin Zhiwei, a 56-year-old Shenzhen resident. Some also raised concerns over the risk to privacy by displaying violators' information on a public screen. Displaying photos and information of violators publicly could lead to a problem with privacy. The authorities need to attach high importance to that, another Shenzhen resident said. Other Chinese cities are also using facial recognition technology. Last month, a suspect was arrested after being detected in a crowd of 60,000 people attending a music concert in Nanchang, Jiangxi province. color wristbandscheap custom wristbands no minimumrainbow rubber braceletsrelationship braceletsanimal bracelets rubber bands
BEIJING - Money politics in the United States went further in 2017, as the wealthy groups controlled the political development, said a report on US human rights released Tuesday.The report, titled "Human Rights Record of the United States in 2017" and released by the Information Office of the State Council, China's cabinet, said money politics made inequality worse in the United States.The money politics has made American economic policies over the last 40 years "strongly reflect the preferences of the most affluent, but bear virtually no relationship to the preferences of poor or middle-income Americans," said the report.It noted that democratic politics went weakening. An expert survey on American democracy showed that 89 percent of respondents believed the democratic quality in the United States had declined over the last 10 years.The media was suppressed in the United States, said the report.In 2017, a number of news organizations were rejected by the US government in press conferences and other official activities, and the CNN and New York Times, among others, were barred from White House briefings, it said.Press freedom in the United States is at its lowest point in 13 years, according to a CNN report in 2017.Another survey from the Pew Research Center on April 4, 2017 showed that 73 percent of adult respondents in the country believed the tensions between the government and the news media were getting in the way of access to important national political news and information.
