The European Commission is validation of legal compliance with Hungary legislative changes that allow facial recognition to identify gay organizers and participants.
To the political newspapers on the Internet, Thomas Regign, Committee spokesman, He stressed that the CEO of society is “at this time to assess” the new Hungarian rules to verify whether they are compatible with the European Union’s legislation on artificial intelligence. He left a warning, saying that Brussels “will not hesitate to take action if necessary.”
After the Victor Urban government launched many legislative packages that restrict gay rights in the country, Parliament approved this month on April 14, A series of changes to the constitution Which leads to more tightening the rules, the introduction of the ban on pride marches and the use of face recognition to identify the organizers and participants who unite the criteria now imposed by the parliamentary majority in Fidesz, a nationalist right -wing party that supports the government Victor Urban.
according to PoliticoOne of the questions that the European Commission checks is whether the face is recognized in the actual time, which means violation of European artificial intelligence rules, prohibiting real biometric identity systems and distance such as facial recognition in public spaces.
Constitutional changes He led thousands of the Hungarian to protest in the streets Against the Urban government, by imposing restrictions on individual freedom for gay people.
In addition to Hungary’s port, Orbán and Fidesz have been able to transport, in recent years, many laws that restrict gay rights by invoking the need to protect children, which gay and gay groups say, it is just an excuse to pass forced laws that fulfill the directives of conservatives. M 2021 It has been banned from showing less than 18 years “enhancing sexual activity, sex change or homosexuality.”
At the same time that this month approved constitutional changes, Parliament approved a law that allows citizens to condemn the behaviors that violate the “role of marriage and family” in light of what is shown in the constitution, which according to the machine is a woman and the father is a man.
