NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, INDIA ¨C When artist Rachita Taneja heads out to protest in New Delhi, she covers her face with a pollution mask, a hoodie or a scarf to reduce the risk of being identified by police facial recognition software.
Police in the Indian capital and the northern state of Uttar Pradesh ¡ª both hotbeds of dissent ¡ª have used the technology during protests that have raged since mid-December against a new citizenship law that critics say marginalizes Muslims.
Activists are worried about insufficient regulation around the new technology, amid what they say is a crackdown on dissent under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose Hindu nationalist agenda has gathered pace since his re-election in May.
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