Even Accurate and Unbiased Facial Recognition Brings Privacy, Cost Harms, Groups Say

By Chris Burt Demands to halt facial recognition use in Canada, at least pending further study…

Victory! New Jersey Court Rules Police Must Give Defendant the Facial Recognition Algorithms Used to Identify Him

By Karen Gullo In a victory for transparency in police use of facial recognition, a New…

Consumer Group Warns Smartphone Facial Recognition Apps Are Vulnerable to Spoofing

By B.N. Frank Over the years, it has been reported numerous times that artificial Intelligence (A.I.)…

Facial Recognition Shows Up in Public Housing, Small Cities

By Jim Nash The race to make biometric surveillance commonplace is only getting faster, with systems…

TSA Rolls Out More Facial Recognition At Major Airports

What the TSA started as a pilot program during the Great Panic of 2020, is now…

Thwarting Facial Recognition — “Solutions Watch” with James Corbett

By The Corbett Report We all know about the danger of a future society where we’re…

London Food Bank Rolling Out Face Biometrics App for Store Purchases

By Chris Burt A London food bank is expanding its use of face biometrics to facilitate…

Currency Exchange Kiosks with ITL Face Biometrics Deployed Across Europe

By Chris Burt Currency exchange kiosks using facial recognition software developed by Innovative Technology Ltd. (ITL) …

Clearview AI Copied 30B Images Without Users’ Permission from Social Media Sites; Customers Include “more than 3,100 US agencies”

By B.N. Frank Facial recognition and other sources of artificial intelligence (A.I.) technology can be biased,…

Another Facial Recognition Snafu Leads to False Arrest, Wrongful Imprisonment; ACLU Asks Lawmakers to Ban Police Use

By B.N. Frank Facial recognition and other sources of artificial Intelligence (A.I.) technology can be biased,…

In 2023 It Will Be Nearly Impossible to Avoid Facial Recognition in the U.S.

By Derrick Broze As more airports in the United States adopt facial recognition technology, the privacy…

UK Report: Police Use Of Live Facial Recognition Unlawful And Unethical

In the beginning, facial recognition technology was embraced as a tool to promote safety and security;…

New Facial Recognition Research Reveals More “really stark” Racial Disparities; Professor Recommends Pausing Its Use

By B.N. Frank Facial recognition technology can be biased, make errors, and it’s privacy invasive (see…

NYPD Must Share Thousands of Documents and Emails Related to Facial Recognition Surveillance During 2020 Protests

By B.N. Frank Citizen opposition to the use of facial recognition (see 1, 2, 3, 4,…

UK Plans Facial Recognition Border Screening as Part of “Permission to Travel” Scheme

By Alex Perala “The system will be based on facial recognition, and is aimed at enabling…