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Detailed explanation-1: -The new policy is part of China’s desire to limit its citizens’ anonymity online. So now, when consumers apply for new numbers they must provide identification as well as have photos taken of themselves.

Detailed explanation-2: -China: Hanwang Technology says it has developed country’s first facial recognition technology to identify mask wearers - Business & Human Rights Resource Centre.

Detailed explanation-3: -Other reports say the system spotted 200 quarantine breakers during the first few weeks of Moscow’s COVID-19 lockdown. Like Russia, governments in China, India and South Korea have used facial recognition to help trace contacts and enforce quarantine; other countries probably have, too.

Detailed explanation-4: -This was the date that Apple launched the iPhone X – the first iPhone users could unlock with FaceID – Apple’s marketing term for facial recognition.

Detailed explanation-5: -China uses facial recognition to track its vast population in smart cities but also uses the technology for mass surveillance of minority populations that Beijing is long accused of oppressing.