Tegucigalpa's AI Contract Includes Surveillance and Crisis Room
Published on Honduras Daily · Oct 3, 2026 · Originally reported October 2, 2026 by Contracorriente
Tegucigalpa's city government signed a 93.66 million lempira ($3.7 million) contract for an AI unit covering video surveillance, social-media monitoring, emotional analysis, and a crisis room to counter negative media coverage, raising privacy concerns in a country with no comprehensive data-protection law.
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