Hyderabad almost a total surveillance city due to random phone checks and invasive CCTVs, says Amnesty

As part of its ‘Ban the Scan’ campaign against FRT, Amnesty noted that the extensive surveillance is putting human rights at risk. The report noted that Telangana has the highest number of Facial Recognition Technology projects in India.

Hyderabad is on the verge of becoming a surveillance city, international NGO Amnesty has noted in a report. The report noted that Hyderabad is one of the most surveilled cities in the world and has begun construction of an ominous ‘Command and Control Centre’ (CCC), which intends to connect the state’s vast facial recognition-capable CCTV infrastructure in real-time. Additionally, the research found that Telangana has the highest number of Facial Recognition Technology projects in India.