US Congresswoman reintroduces bill to curb federal use of facial recognition
A US Congresswoman has reintroduced legislation aimed at restricting how federal agencies can use facial recognition technology. The bill revives an earlier effort to place limits on government deployment of the surveillance tool.
Why this matters: Federal facial recognition is already in use at airports, border crossings, and in law enforcement. The problem is not just accuracy, though it is worse on darker skin. It is that most people have no idea when a government system is scanning their face or what happens to that data afterward. A bill like this forces a real vote on whether unlimited federal use of facial recognition is something the public actually agreed to. Congress has stalled on this before. The reintroduction keeps the pressure on, but pressure alone does not become law.
Who should care: Privacy officers · Cybersecurity · General readers · Policy
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