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Votes for women? Not without facial recognition technology in Afghanistan

Women voting in Afghanistan

Kabul, AfghanistanThomson Reuters Foundation The first female founder of an Afghan political party has urged the country to rethink the use of facial recognition technology in elections amid concerns it stopped large numbers of women from voting this year. Authorities photographed all voters in September’s presidential election and used facial recognition software, a measure designed […]