Catherine Crump, a professor at UC Berkeley Law School who leads a law, technology and public policy clinic, said the use of facial recognition technology in this particular case was "as justifiable as it gets."
"That said, it's really problematic that we've done as bad a job as we have in this country at regulating the use of technology like this; there should be clear rules of the road," Crump said.
She pointed out flaws in facial recognition technology, citing research that's shown it to have racial bias in being worse at identifying Black people and other minorities.
“We need safeguards to ensure that this powerful technology is used in a way that advance legitimate law enforcement interests, but that stave off possibilities of abuse," Crump said.
- Date Published:8.15.2025
- Original Publication: KGW8