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NJ Rep. Sponsors Federal Bill Requiring Facial Recognition

PlayNJ · · International · Surveillance & Civil Liberties

I need a bit more to work with from the excerpt, but based on the headline alone I can infer a New Jersey representative has introduced federal legislation that would require the use of facial recognition technology — likely in some government or law enforcement context. I'll write to what the headl

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