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1/5 🚨OUT NOW: @edri's new paper flags high risks of over-policing in new EU law #PrumII: edri.org/our-work/new-e…

@EU_Commission Prüm II proposal threatens to create an EU-wide facial recognition system providing NO safeguards for people from state overreach & #MassSurveillance.

2/5 What happens if @EUCouncil gets their way?

👮👀For you to own a car & drive, you have to agree that your face & info are used for policing purposes across the EU. Your data will be added to a system that's supposed to be for suspects of serious crimes, like terrorism.

3/5 We would no longer be able to walk freely on our streets as the new law would assume everyone is a 👮criminal before proven otherwise.

“When EU law interferes with fundamental rights, EU law must also provide appropriate safeguards,” shares @je5perl from EDRi member @itpof.

4/5 The law, which deepens over-policing & mistrust, is NOT necessary or proportionate.

👎🏿#Prüm takes away the rights we have been vigorously fighting for, without sufficient evidence that collecting so much personal data helps cross-border crime investigations.

5/5 In fact, there is strong evidence that the system is faulty & puts in danger innocent people. Especially racialised & marginalised groups.

“It appears to be a case of trying to get the police to run when they currently have problems walking,” says @StatewatchEU's Chris Jones