Guest Commentary: Once again, California refused to endorse face surveillance. Now it’s time to ban it.
By Becca Cramer-Mowder For the third time in five years, California rejected a bill that would have…
Letter: Coalition Supports Davis’ Proposed Face Surveillance Prohibition Ordinance
Dear Chair Horton and Members of the PAC: We are a coalition of civil rights organizations writing…
Guest Commentary: Police Say a Simple Warning Will Prevent Face Recognition Wrongful Arrests – That’s Just Not True
Even when police heed warnings to take additional investigative steps, they exacerbate the unreliability of face recognition…
Letter: SF Public Defender’s Racial Justice Committee Supports Davis’ Proposed Ban on Facial Recognition
By Tim Kingston Dear City of Davis Police Commission, I am extremely heartened to see that the…
San Francisco Board of Supervisors Introduce Ballot Measure to Ensure Basic Oversight and Transparency Over Government Use of Facial Recognition
By Tiffany Thai SAN FRANCISCO, CA – San Francisco Board of Supervisors Aaron Peskin, Connie Chan, Dean…
Guest Commentary: How Face Recognition Fuels Racist Systems of Policing and Immigration — And Why Congress Must Act Now
When used by police and immigration enforcement, biometric surveillance technology can perpetuate an already dangerous racist system….
Guest Commentary: I Did Nothing Wrong. I Was Arrested Anyway.
By Robert Williams I never thought I would be a cautionary tale. More than that, I never…
Congressional Panel Told Facial Recognition Tech Has Clear Potential for Misuse and Raises Constitutional Concerns.
By Casey Rawlings and Paulina Buelna WASHINGTON DC – The Congressional subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland…
ACLU Helps Detroit Man Sue City After Facial Recognition Software Leads to Wrongful Arrest; Tech Appears to Fail People of Color More Often
By Genesis Guzman and Stephanie Boulos DETROIT, MI – A Detroit man who was falsely charged –…
Facial Recognition Bill Opposed by ACLU of California
By Nancy Martinez On May 4, 2020, 55 civil rights organizations, public health and technology scholars condemned…
California Governor Signs Landmark Bill Halting Facial Recognition on Police Body Cams
AB 1215 will keep inaccurate, biased, and invasive surveillance technology from being used against the public with…
Lawmakers Warn of Dangers of Using Face-Recognition with Police Body Cameras – Lawmakers ‘Flagged’ as Criminals in Test
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Police body cameras – increasingly deployed the past few…
A Federal Court Sounds the Alarm on the Privacy Harms of Face Recognition Technology
By Nathan Freed Wessler On Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit became the…
Axon Decides to Ban Facial Recognition on Body Cameras
Axon, a maker of officer-worn body cameras used by many United States police departments, today announced that…
Facial Recognition Technology in Our Schools
By Toni Smith-Thompson The idea of facial recognition technology conjures up scenes from books and films set…
Police Are Acquiring Surveillance Tech in Secret, Bill Would Give the Public a Say
By Chloe Triplett Recent stories about Amazon’s invasive face scanning surveillance technology and Cambridge Analytica’s exploitation of…
