In this report, ARTICLE 19 provides evidence and analysis of the burgeoning market for emotion recognition technologies in China and its detrimental impact on individual freedoms and human rights, in particular the right to freedom of expression. Unlike better-known biometric applications, like facial recognition, that focus on identifying individuals, emotion recognition purports to infer a person’s inner emotional state. Applications are increasingly integrated into critical aspects of everyday life: law enforcement authorities use the technology to identify ‘suspicious’ individuals, schools monitor students’ attentiveness in class, and private companies determine people’s access to credit. Read More