French police use facial recognition and social media to identify rioters

French investigators are matching faces against the TAJ police database and images from TikTok, Instagram and Discord to identify suspects in last weekend's riots. Twelve of 200 assigned investigators work on facial recognition, with access to footage from 80,000 cameras in Paris and its transit system.

• 12 of 200 investigators handle facial recognition against the TAJ database
• Images are pulled from TikTok, Instagram and Discord
• Footage from 80,000 cameras in Paris and transit is available
• CNIL earlier ruled gendarmerie's BriefCam use illegal