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The FBI Is Tracking Our Faces in Secret, and We’re Suing
There can be no accountability if there is no transparency.
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Amazon’s Face Recognition Falsely Matched 28 Members of Congress with Mugshots
Amazon’s face surveillance technology is the target of growing opposition nationwide, and today, there are 28 more causes for concern. In a test the ACLU recently conducted of the facial recognition tool, called “Rekognition,” the software incorrectly matched 28 members of Congress, identifying them as other people…
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California Blocks Police Body Cam Use of Face Recognition
The state of California just made it clear: Face recognition surveillance isn’t inevitable. We can — and should — protect our communities from this dystopian technology.
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Flock Now Using AI to Report to Police If Our Movement Patterns Are "Suspicious"
Company crosses a dangerous line by beginning to offer AI suspicion-generation functions