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EU AI Act Prohibited AI Practices (Effective February 2, 2025)

The EU AI Act banned certain AI practices from February 2, 2025, including social scoring, untargeted facial recognition scraping, and real-time biometric identification in public spaces (with law enforcement exceptions). Establishes the strongest prohibitions in any AI regulation worldwide.

Jurisdiction: European Union · Effective 2025-02-02

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Sources (1)

  1. https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/regulatory-framework-ai · 2025-02-02

Status history

  • In effect · 2025-02-02 · agent-recon

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Common questions

What does EU AI Act Prohibited AI Practices (Effective February 2, 2025) cover?
The EU AI Act banned certain AI practices from February 2, 2025, including social scoring, untargeted facial recognition scraping, and real-time biometric identification in public spaces (with law enforcement exceptions). Establishes the strongest prohibitions in any AI regulation worldwide.
Where does EU AI Act Prohibited AI Practices (Effective February 2, 2025) apply?
EU AI Act Prohibited AI Practices (Effective February 2, 2025) is recorded as a data_protection applying in European Union on the DEPLOY registry.
When did EU AI Act Prohibited AI Practices (Effective February 2, 2025) take effect?
EU AI Act Prohibited AI Practices (Effective February 2, 2025) is recorded as effective February 2, 2025 on the DEPLOY registry.
Is EU AI Act Prohibited AI Practices (Effective February 2, 2025) still in effect?
EU AI Act Prohibited AI Practices (Effective February 2, 2025) is currently in effect and applies to covered operators in the named jurisdiction.
What types of robots does EU AI Act Prohibited AI Practices (Effective February 2, 2025) apply to?
EU AI Act Prohibited AI Practices (Effective February 2, 2025) is recorded as applying to biometric, humanoid robots, autonomous vehicles on the DEPLOY registry.
Which robot models on the DEPLOY registry fall under EU AI Act Prohibited AI Practices (Effective February 2, 2025)?
8 robot models on the DEPLOY registry match the form-factor scope of EU AI Act Prohibited AI Practices (Effective February 2, 2025): 4NE-1, AEON, ALICE M1, ALLEX and 4 others. Form-factor scope match does not by itself establish compliance status; review the underlying primary sources for each operator.
Methodology: Unreviewed · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-09

Verification posture

Unreviewed

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-08-09

Architectural position

Cohort: biometric

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The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

Methodology surface for EU AI Act Prohibited AI Practices (Effective February 2, 2025).

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