Industry welcomes progress on facial recognition standards
Industry groups have responded positively to progress on developing standards for facial recognition technology, suggesting movement toward formalized guidelines for how the technology is deployed and governed.
Why this matters: Standards sound technical and dull. They are not. A facial recognition standard sets the floor for how accurate a system has to be before it can be used on you, who is allowed to run it, and what happens when it misidentifies someone. Industry welcoming a standard can mean genuine accountability is coming. It can also mean companies helped write rules that protect their products more than the public. The details of who shaped these standards, and what they actually require, matter more than the welcome.
Who should care: Privacy officers · Cybersecurity · General readers · Policy
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