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Civ Liberty Groups Want To Halt Facial Recognition Tech

Here's a big issue just in its controversy infancy: More than 50 civil rights organizations asked the Department of Justice for a moratorium on the use of facial recognition by law enforcement agencies. A report from Georgestown University says half of adult Americans in some places have had their images scanned, despite having no record, arrests, etc.
From the Techcrunch story: "The report, titled 'The Perpetual Lineup,' draws its information from public records requests to 106 police departments across the country. The Georgetown researchers found only one department that had received legislative approval for its use of face recognition technology and that most departments do not audit their systems for accuracy or bias."

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