Article 5 and the EU AI Act’s Absolute Red Lines – FireTail Blog

## Executive summary This blog post explains Article 5 of the EU AI Act (prohibitions already enforceable since February 2025), outlines the eight absolute prohibitions on specific AI practices (e.g., subliminal manipulation, exploiting vulnerabilities, social scoring, untargeted facial scraping, emotion inference in workplaces, biometric categorisation, and real-time remote biometric ID), and discusses compliance and enforcement implications for AI providers operating in the EU.