US law enforcement dispenses ammo to facial recognition critics
America’s embrace of surveillance technology and a regular series of arrests based on false matches are keeping the question of…
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Florida man’s facial recognition match not probable cause for wrongful arrest
A man in Florida was wrongfully arrested last year after a facial recognition system used by the police flagged him…
Wrongful arrest in US linked to facial recognition error leads to $200K settlement
Jefferson Parish Louisiana Sheriff Joe Lopinto’s office has agreed to pay $200,000 to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit brought…
Tech optimism collides with public skepticism over FRT, AI in policing
As facial recognition and AI technologies surge in adoption across U.S. law enforcement, evidence of improper use, bias, and lack…
Detroit police sued over alleged facial recognition use in another wrongful arrest
Detroit police are being sued by a woman who claims she is the victim of wrongful arrest prompted by a…
Police use FRT in exactly the ways critics fear: Washington Post
Police in the U.S. are making arrests based on facial recognition technology, and those who are being arrested don’t know…
ACLU takes aim at police use of FRT in California, Maryland and Minnesota
Across the U.S., policy blows are being exchanged over the use of facial recognition by state police. As law enforcement…
Michigan to adopt strongest laws in the US on police use of facial recognition
A settlement in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Robert Williams, a Detroit man who…
California bill on police use of facial recognition passes second reading
California’s Senate Public Safety Committee has unanimously voted to advance Assembly Bill 1814, which would prevent police using facial recognition…
Those wronged by facial recognition join rights groups in calling for police ban
There is a small but growing lobby made up of people who have been wrongly arrested as a result of…
