ACM’s U.S. Policy Committee pushes for facial recognition suspension, Boston Mayor signs ban
The Association for Computing Machinery’s U.S. Technology Policy Committee (USTPC) has requested all uses of facial recognition in the public…
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Lines hardening in the battle for facial recognition’s use by law enforcement
A moratorium on use of biometrics for surveillance by all federal agencies was proposed last week by two U.S. Senators…
Bringing order to biometrics purchases and use by police to be a tough fight
New federal legislation that would sic science on biometrics in policing faces a nearly vertical climb even as a majority…
FTC debate: Really fight today’s violators or find more crime to be overwhelmed by
Reflecting the reality of consumer data harvesting, if not the mood of said consumers, the Federal Trade Commission has said…
Face biometrics use in U.S. schools, policing, airports and public housing faces legal challenges and questions
A lawsuit over the use of biometric facial recognition in schools has been filed by the New York Civil Liberties…
Legislation would block police from using facial recognition with body cam footage
The newly introduced Stop Biometric Surveillance by Law Enforcement Act would ban federal law enforcement agencies from using facial recognition…
Biometrics Institute U.S. Online Conference
Biometrics Institute US Online Conference Virtual Event September 21 – 22, 2020 With this everchanging world, we’re facing the same,…
U.S. Congress member welcomes AWS’s facial recognition moratorium, demands further explanations
U.S. Member of Congress Jimmy Gomez has written a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos applauding the decision to implement…
Amnesty pushes for ban on facial recognition use for mass surveillance by police, government
Amnesty International is supporting the Algorithmic Justice League, the ACLU, the Electronic Frontier Foundation in their fight against biometric facial recognition technology use for…
DataWorks face biometrics police contract extension on hold as Detroit residents protest
Earlier this week, Detroit residents started a caravan of 40 vehicles to protest against Project Green Light, which sees biometric…
