Facial Recognition

Civil liberty experts and privacy groups are concerned.

Paying taxes is bad enough without submitting to a degrading face scan.

But make no mistake: Facebook's parent company, Meta, is not out of the facial recognition game.

It won’t be easy, but it’s critical.

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The largest study of facial recognition databases to date show its revealing origins and flaws.

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Residents of Portland, Maine, just struck a blow for privacy and civil liberties.

Law enforcement used images pulled off Twitter, combined with a facial recognition system, to identify a protester.

The LAPD previously denied using facial recognition technology.

Masks aren't going anywhere.

"The dangers and inequities in the current technology are present and clear," explained Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler.

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Many stores were located in low-income, minority communities.

The NIST study, done in collaboration with the Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection, found that commercially available facial-recognition tech can often beat face masks.

Leaked documents reveal the message sent to police behind closed doors: face masks "embolden some individuals to escalate violence."

For the second time in less than three weeks, it was revealed that Detroit police used faulty technology to arrest the wrong man.

Biased algorithms have very real consequences.

Boston joins cities like San Francisco in banning the official use of facial-recognition tech after the unanimous vote.

It turns out that at least one congressman wasn't fooled by Amazon's wishy-washy moratorium on police's use of its facial-recognition technology.

"There are currently serious concerns that facial recognition is being used to identify Black Lives Matter protesters."

Don't worry, there's an 'until.'