/newsroom/taxonomy/term/15198/all en /newsroom/channels/news/experts-ottawa-tested-facial-recognition-millions-travellers-torontos-pearson-airport-332052 <p>The federal government quietly tested facial recognition technology on millions of unsuspecting travellers at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport in 2016. The six-month initiative, meant to pick out people the Canada Border Services Agency suspected might try to enter the country using fake identification, is detailed in a document obtained by <i>The Globe and Mail</i> through a freedom of information request. The project is the largest known government deployment of the technology in Canada to date.</p> Tue, 20 Jul 2021 17:22:30 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 270382 at /newsroom