How Europe monitors public spaces

Monday, Oct 5, 2026

Der Standard

AI is increasingly used in public surveillance, raising concerns about monitoring and data use in European cities.

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Artificial intelligence is increasingly used in video surveillance, often for analysis and pre-sorting. In Austria, twenty locations with high crime rates are under police video surveillance, such as Praterstern and Karlsplatz in Vienna. Following vandalism at Basarab Passage in Bucharest, the city government announced plans to install thousands of new cameras for widespread monitoring, which has raised public concerns about how the footage will be used, where it will be stored, and the role of artificial intelligence.

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