BREAKING: Lawmakers in the House and Senate have introduced legislation that effectively bans law enforcement use of facial recognition in the United States.
The Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act of 2020 would immediately stop all Federal agencies (including ICE, the TSA, the FBI, etc) from using facial recognition for any purpose.
It uses Byrne grants to force local and state cops & agencies to do the same.
The legislation comes just one day after Robert Williams, a Black man from Detroit who was wrongfully arrested in front of his wife and children and held for 30 hours due to a racist facial recognition algorithm, went public with his story.
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"Facial recognition is a uniquely dangerous form of surveillance. This is not just some Orwellian technology of the future –– it’s being used by law enforcement agencies across the country right now, and doing harm to communities right now." Our statement: tumblr.fightforthefuture.org/post/621896849…
Facial recognition is the perfect technology for tyranny. It automates discriminatory policing and exacerbates existing injustices in our deeply racist criminal justice system. We give this bill our full endorsement. nbcnews.com/tech/security/…
Until now, most Federal proposals on facial recognition were full of loopholes, or backed by Big Tech companies like Amazon & Microsoft, who want to wash their hands of responsibility while continuing to profit from the sale of this invasive technology. This bill is the real deal
We have a once in a lifetime chance to get lawmakers to finally do their jobs and #BanFacialRecognition across the entire US. But we need to flood Congress with emails and light up their phones with calls demanding they pass this bill. Take action now at BanFacialRecognition.com
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