Law
AI Act: Article 5 – Prohibited AI Practices
Article 5 of the EU AI Act prohibits certain AI systems that violate fundamental rights, such as manipulative, exploitative, or social scoring practices. This includes AI systems for criminal risk assessment, untargeted data scraping for facial recognition, and real-time biometric identification in public spaces. Exceptions are possible if legal safeguards are followed.
EU AI Act legal text, articles and annexesHigh-risk AI, classification and risk levelsGPAI, AI Office and Code of PracticeTransparency, labelling and AI literacyStandards, harmonised norms and conformity
Why it matters
Organisations must comply with these prohibitions to avoid legal risks, especially when using AI systems in sensitive areas like biometric identification.
Metadata
| Publisher | European Commission / AI Act Service Desk |
|---|---|
| Legal status | Non-binding guidance |
| Document type | Law |
| Jurisdiction | EU |
| Topics | Prohibited practices, High-risk AI, Transparency, GPAI, AI literacy, Standards, Governance, Germany, Data protection |
| Roles | Provider, Deployer, Importer, Distributor, Public authority |
| Discovered | 2026-05-23T09:39:43Z |
| Last checked | 2026-08-21T10:15:40Z |
| Link status | ok |