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Face Value

A pilot programme to use facial identification machines is underway at nine US airports

Flying out of the US? You might have to go through a facial scan at the airport. We discuss the implications of that.

Plus: we find out why a selfie app that drastically alters the way you look is all the rage in China; we get introduced to the women artists of the Renaissance who have been hidden in the archives; we meet a man who survived the Holocaust by drawing portraits of his Nazi guards; plus comedian Dean Obeidallah discovers that for a moment he was literally the face of fake news.
(Image: Passengers have their luggage screened at LaGuardia Airport in New York City. Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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Mon 8 Jan 2018 06:32GMT

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  • Sat 6 Jan 2018 00:32GMT
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  • Mon 8 Jan 2018 06:32GMT

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