Federal face scanning is under pressure
A group of four progressive lawmakers — Sens. Markey and Merkley and Reps. Jayapal and Pressley — sentto several federal agencies on Wednesday calling for an end to their use of Clearview AI’s controversial facial recognition system.
The letter was sent to the Departments of Justice, Defense, Homeland Security, and the Interior. All four agencies were identified infrom the General Accounting Office as using Clearview for “domestic law enforcement” purposes. “Clearview AI’s technology could eliminate public anonymity in the United States,” the letter reads, describing the system as “capable of fundamentally dismantling Americans’ expectation that they can move, assemble, or simply appear in public without being identified.”that would bar federal law enforcement from using facial recognition technology entirely, and add new restrictions for state and local police departments using the technology.
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