Coalition Pressures Government Agency To Recommend Ban on Government Use of Facial Recognition
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Feb 03, 2020
Over 40 groups have sent a letter to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board asking the agency to recommend that the executive branch put a moratorium on facial recognition. What are your thoughts on this initiative?
A number of advocacy groups are pressuring the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board -- an independent government agency that advises the presidential administration on privacy matters -- to recommend that the federal government suspend use of facial recognition while accuracy and privacy issues are addressed.
Forty groups led by the Electronic Privacy Information Centersigned a letter on Mondaythat called for the agency to stop government use of facial recognition “pending further review,” citing a recent New York Times report ona massive facial recognition databaseas one reason why the PCLOB should recommend the suspension to the Secretary of Homeland Security and President Trump. The report found that more than 600 law enforcement agencies across the U.S. were using a database of social media photos built by Clearview AI, a little-known startup.
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