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San Francisco Could Be First to Ban Facial Recognition Tech
"“This is the first piece of legislation that I’ve seen that really takes facial recognition technology as seriously as it is warranted and treats it as un…
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Privacy groups urge tech firms to sign Safe Face Pledge to restrict use of facial recognition
"While employees and customers can pressure companies to act ethically with regard to AI, more attention needs to be focused on laws and government oversig…
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The Always-On Police Camera
"“Facial recognition is probably the most menacing, dangerous surveillance technology ever invented,” Woodrow Hartzog, a professor of law and computer scie…
Facial Recognition Is the Perfect Tool for Oppression
Co-authored with Evan Selinger The Trojans would have loved facial recognition technology. It’s easy to accept an outwardly compelling but ultimately illusory…
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Cop cameras can track you in real-time and there’s no stopping them
"Axon’s widespread reach in police tech means that if the company decides to implement face recognition, it could have sweeping, rapid effects. “If and whe…
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Facial recognition gives police a powerful new tracking tool. It's also raising alarms.
"Jennifer King, director of consumer privacy at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society, said false identification is among her biggest conce…
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What is Amazon's responsibility over its facial recognition tech?
"Perhaps, or perhaps not, said Woodrow Hartzog, who teaches law and computer science at Northeastern University. "The idea that this is simply neutral…
Thanks to Amazon, the government will soon be able to track your face
Amazon, the company synonymous with online shopping, is supplying facial recognition technology to government and law enforcement agencies over its web services…
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US government to use facial recognition technology at Mexico border crossing
"“This is an example of the growing trend of authoritarian use of technology to track and stalk immigrant communities,” said Malkia Cyril, the executive di…
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'Recipe for authoritarianism': Amazon under fire for selling face-recognition software to police
"Amazon marketing materials promoted the idea of using Rekognition in conjunction with police body cameras in real time – exactly the outcome Cyril feared.…
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Amazon Pushes Facial Recognition to Police. Critics See Surveillance Risk.
"“We have it being used in unaccountable ways and with no regulation,” said Malkia Cyril, executive director of the Center for Media Justice, a nonprofit c…
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Axon's police body cams could be getting an AI upgrade. Civil rights groups are worried.
"Harlan Yu, executive director of Upturn, which monitors police agencies' body camera policies and is one of the letter's signatories, said the gro…