Portland Oregon Bans Facial Recognition
By Michael Maharrey PORTLAND, Ore. (Sept. 10, 2020) – Yesterday, the Portland City Council passed an ordinance banning government use of facial recognition technology. The…
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Portland’s Fight Against Face Surveillance
By Nathan Sheard This Wednesday, the Portland City Council will hear from residents, businesses, and civil society as they consider banning government use of face…
Police Use Facial Recognition Smart Helmets To Conduct Indiscriminate Surveillance At Airports
By MassPrivateI When news broke about the Flint Bishop airport police becoming the first police department in the country to start using facial recognition police…
Robocop Is Here — New Police Helmet Scans For Signs of COVID-19 and Uses Facial Recognition
By Jack Burns It took 33 years but Robocop is now here. Well, not exactly, but the rise of the police state fueled by advancements…
Pay With Your Face In California — Welcome To Dystopia Coming Soon to You
By Aaron Kesel In the future you won’t need a microchip implanted into your hand or forehead for payments, no, instead you’ll just need your…
Wearing Masks Stumps Facial Recognition Algorithms
Facial recognition is suffering hard times due to face masks, but it is only a matter of time before algorithms are developed that add in…
Libraries, Town Halls And DMVs To Use Facial Recognition/Thermal Imaging Kiosks
By MassPrivateI The Concord Monitor’s article about 50 businesses and 50 solutions on automated kiosks, is really an article praising a corporation for exploiting peoples…
Macy’s Sued for Using Facial Recognition and Violating Biometric Privacy with Clearview AI
By B.N. Frank Illinois has a state law that protects residents’ biometric information. Five years ago a federal lawsuit was filed against Facebook for violating…
Portland, Maine Bans Facial Recognition Technology
By Michael Maharrey Yesterday, the Portland City Council unanimously voted to ban government use of facial recognition technology in the city. The growing movement to…
Santa Cruz California Bans Facial Recognition and Predictive Policing Technology
By Michael Maharrey Last month, the Santa Cruz City Council banned facial recognition and predictive policing technology in the city. The growing movement to prohibit…
Facebook Offers $650 Million to Settle Facial Recognition Lawsuit
By B.N. Frank Illinois has a state law that protects residents’ biometric information. Five years ago a federal lawsuit was filed against Facebook for violating…
Mitre Corporation: Only People With Low Ability Would Think Facial Recognition Is Biased
By MassPrivateI A secretive Homeland Security front company claims that facial recognition is far ahead of the public’s understanding. And because it is so far…
Leaked Documents Show DHS Is Afraid That Masks Will Make Facial Recognition Useless
By John Vibes As the general public in the United States argues about whether or not we should be wearing masks to prevent the spread…
Judge Says Facebook’s $550M Settlement for Facial Recognition Case Is Not Nearly Enough
By B.N. Frank There’s a saying – “I don’t ask for permission, I ask for forgiveness.” Facebook likes collecting user data even when users aren’t…