The Airports Authority of India (AAI) is working on a project of FRT-based Biometric Boarding System as part of the first phase of Digi Yatra Implementation at four Airports (Varanasi, Pune, Kolkata, and Vijayawada).
The firm said it would not provide service to the US police departments until there is national regulation of the technology.
The move comes after repeated calls by critics and racial justice groups for Amazon's cloud computing unit to stop providing police and immigration officials with tools that can be used to unfairly target people based on race.
While the use of Automated Facial Recognition by the police raises legal and ethical issues, it is an important tool for nabbing criminals, say Bethan Davies, Andrew Dawson and Martin Innes.
