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24 May, 5 tweets, 2 min read
Black women researchers and activists have led the way in studying and revealing the dangerous biases lurking at the heart of face recognition tech.
When MIT researcher @jovialjoy and coauthor @timnitGebru conducted a study of face recognition tech in 2018, it failed up to 1 in 3 times in classifying the faces of Black women.
news.mit.edu/2018/study-fin…
On the ground, @Combsthepoet and other Black women activists are working to protect communities of color from these dangers.
wired.com/story/defendin…
Even if face recognition technology was perfectly accurate, it would still be a nightmare for civil liberties.
aclu.org/news/privacy-t…
President Biden must follow through with his commitment to racial justice by stopping government use of face recognition technology.

Add your name if you agree.
action.aclu.org/petition/tell-…

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