House Democrats urge IRS to halt facial recognition plans
for Asian and Black faces, even in one-to-one matching systems like the one ID.me sometimes uses. The requirement for facial recognition also discriminated against those who couldn't afford"reliable" broadband and video capabilities, according to the letter.backtracked on claims
it didn't use potentially more invasive one-to-many face recognition tech, and that the IRS wasn't transparent regarding its contract. The House group asked the IRS to answer several questions on top of rethinking its policy. The politicians wanted the tax service to explain the methodology leading to the contract, including examples of fraud that would justify facial recognition and the lack of disclosures surrounding ID.me's tech. Lieu and allies similarly wanted to know if the IRS had taken measures to address the potentials for bias and security breaches. There was no deadline for answering these questions.
Letters like this won't guarantee action. There's no immediate threat of legislation or other efforts that could force the IRS to change course. They do reflect mounting bipartisan opposition to the service's facial recognition strategy, though, and they come as part of a broader effort to. If politicians deem the IRS' response inadequate, they might escalate their legislative efforts.
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