Use of real-time facial recognition is less common. NEC, a Japanese company that makes biometric and facial recognition services, sold London the technology now being adopted. Other buyers of its real-time facial recognition technology include Surat, a city of about 5 million people in India, and the country of Georgia, according to the company’s website. According to researchers at Georgetown University, several American cities have piloted the live facial recognition systems, often with mixed results. Use of facial recognition technology in the United States has generated a backlash.

Source: New York Times January 24, 2020 12:59 UTC