An Australian university implicated in unethical research using facial recognition technology to identify Uyghur and Tibetan minorities has unsuccessfully lobbied for it to be retracted by publishers on multiple attempts.

An internal review of research by Associate Professor Wan-Quan Liu – who has since resigned and now works at a university in China – found he breached several ethical codes including a failure to obtain informed consent and approval.

The study, first reported by Four Corners in 2019, was partly funded by the Chinese government and was criticised by human rights campaigners who were worried it could be misused by authorities to persecute Uyghurs in Xinjiang.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-15/curtin-university-lobby-remove-unethical-uyghur-ai-study/100463996

dv said:

An Australian university implicated in unethical research using facial recognition technology to identify Uyghur and Tibetan minorities has unsuccessfully lobbied for it to be retracted by publishers on multiple attempts.

An internal review of research by Associate Professor Wan-Quan Liu – who has since resigned and now works at a university in China – found he breached several ethical codes including a failure to obtain informed consent and approval.

The study, first reported by Four Corners in 2019, was partly funded by the Chinese government and was criticised by human rights campaigners who were worried it could be misused by authorities to persecute Uyghurs in Xinjiang.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-15/curtin-university-lobby-remove-unethical-uyghur-ai-study/100463996

I suspect that Wiley will be quickly retracting this now that news of it is out in the wild.

sibeen said:

dv said:

An Australian university implicated in unethical research using facial recognition technology to identify Uyghur and Tibetan minorities has unsuccessfully lobbied for it to be retracted by publishers on multiple attempts.

An internal review of research by Associate Professor Wan-Quan Liu – who has since resigned and now works at a university in China – found he breached several ethical codes including a failure to obtain informed consent and approval.

The study, first reported by Four Corners in 2019, was partly funded by the Chinese government and was criticised by human rights campaigners who were worried it could be misused by authorities to persecute Uyghurs in Xinjiang.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-15/curtin-university-lobby-remove-unethical-uyghur-ai-study/100463996

I suspect that Wiley will be quickly retracting this now that news of it is out in the wild.

And I see that the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) took theirs down toot sweet.

Good blokes (and lasses) Electrical Engineers :)

I mean the horse has bolted somewhat …

dv said:

I mean the horse has bolted somewhat …

Somewhat? A paper in this space that is over three or four years old is archaeological :)

Adding an ethnicity layer to ubiquitous facial recognition software would be childs play.

Anyone can pick up free facial recognition software off the web these days.

A thought. Facial recognition software to spot ethnic minorities makes a lot of sense from a census point of view. And to stop people who are not an ethnic minority from claiming free perks and benefits to the detriment of those who are genuine ethnic minorities.

dv said:

I mean the horse has bolted somewhat …

and the gate is smashed.

dv said:

An Australian university implicated in unethical research using facial recognition technology to identify Uyghur and Tibetan minorities has unsuccessfully lobbied for it to be retracted by publishers on multiple attempts.

An internal review of research by Associate Professor Wan-Quan Liu – who has since resigned and now works at a university in China – found he breached several ethical codes including a failure to obtain informed consent and approval.

The study, first reported by Four Corners in 2019, was partly funded by the Chinese government and was criticised by human rights campaigners who were worried it could be misused by authorities to persecute Uyghurs in Xinjiang.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-15/curtin-university-lobby-remove-unethical-uyghur-ai-study/100463996

China “We no misuse it, help identify people for top notch health care joe”

Cymek said:

dv said:

An Australian university implicated in unethical research using facial recognition technology to identify Uyghur and Tibetan minorities has unsuccessfully lobbied for it to be retracted by publishers on multiple attempts.

An internal review of research by Associate Professor Wan-Quan Liu – who has since resigned and now works at a university in China – found he breached several ethical codes including a failure to obtain informed consent and approval.

The study, first reported by Four Corners in 2019, was partly funded by the Chinese government and was criticised by human rights campaigners who were worried it could be misused by authorities to persecute Uyghurs in Xinjiang.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-15/curtin-university-lobby-remove-unethical-uyghur-ai-study/100463996

China “We no misuse it, help identify people for top notch health care joe”

tell that to a country that let a preventable infectious disease fuck up 1/4 of their population