World Cup 2026: Where Football Fans Face Off With Facial Recognition

by Didi Rankovich | Reclaim The Net

The US is by no means the home or even a meaningful hub of soccer. And – the country’s at the same time working hard on “raising” its biometric mass surveillance profile.

These two seemingly unrelated facts are set to converge since the US has been allowed to host the 2026 FIFA (football) World Cup. And it looks like biometric scanning will flourish during the almost month-long event involving millions of fans.

Regardless of the status of football (soccer) in the US, in much of the rest of the world, it is by far the most important and popular sport, and so a great number of people from other countries are expected to travel there to support their national teams.

What those fans can expect, according to reports, are the rules that are steadily taking root at US sports venues, revolving around biometric “security technology.” Read Full Article >