00:00Security or surveillance? How far can police go with AI?
00:05Activists are challenging the Modi government over its use of AI-powered surveillance during
00:10the Cockroach Janter Party protest in New Delhi. The controversy started when protesters and media
00:17reported seeing a police surveillance van at the protest site. The van reportedly had multiple
00:23cameras mounted on a telescopic mast for a 360-degree field of view. Student activist Aisha Gosh has
00:32taken the issue to the Delhi High Court. She wants mass surveillance of protesters to be declared
00:38unconstitutional and is also asking for personal and biometric data collected during the protest
00:44to be destroyed. Activists argue that India has no specific law regulating police use of facial
00:50recognition technology. They say the surveillance at the protest site was therefore unlawful.
00:56But the government disagrees. It says that such checks were legal and in the public interest
01:01to ensure law and order. Where do you think the line should be drawn on surveillance at protests?
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