Face recognition tech is flawed and biased against people of color and women. Even if it worked as designed, it would be a nightmare. That’s why POGO joined this letter calling for a federal moratorium on the use of facial recognition technology: washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
POGO has been standing up against face recognition tech, most recently calling on CBP to halt its program using this surveillance tool: pogo.org/letter/2020/12…
Never before has the government possessed a surveillance tool this dangerous. @POTUS must honor his promise to center racial equity and put a stop to its use now.
Right now, President Biden can take real action on this issue and:
✔️Sign an executive order halting face recognition technology
✔️Limit state and local governments’ ability to purchase the technology
✔️ Support the Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act
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Today, POGO is releasing our Baker’s Dozen: 13 sets of policy recommendations for Congress and the White House. These recs range from issues we have championed since 1981, to a new and growing focus on equity and fairness in our justice system.
You can read all the details at the link here pogo.org/report/2021/02… or get the overview of each recommendation in the 🧵 below ⬇️
Promoting Accountability When Government Officials Commit Wrongdoing: there are a number of policies we must instate to hold law enforcement accountable and strengthen civil rights.
2/ “A teaspoon of methyl parathion would kill you.”
Not far from Hawaiian beachside resorts on a windy day in July 2014, Monsanto sprayed much more than that—despite the fact that the pesticide had been banned from use since the end of 2013. bit.ly/30GANia
3/ After EPA investigators & federal prosecutors became aware of Monsanto's practice, a U.S. attorney’s office planned to charge Monsanto w/ a felony violation of the Resource Conservation & Recovery Act: bit.ly/2Hv1gaU
1/ Today, @SenateCommerce approved former AccuWeather CEO Barry Myers' nomination to lead @NOAA—without a confirmation hearing—before the full Senate vote: bit.ly/2WJ0L25