MOSCOW (Reuters) - Georgy Malets didn't make it to an anti-Kremlin rally last month. He was detained on his way there by police using facial recognition technology in the Moscow metro.
The 30-year-old Russian photo blogger said the police told him he had been identified by a "Face-ID" camera system and must accompany them to a police station for checks.
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