Anchorage Assembly members will hold a public hearing and expected vote on an ordinance that addresses the use of a controversial software.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - At their meeting on April 11, The ordinance, introduced by East Anchorage Assembly member Joey Sweet, would ban the municipality from acquiring or using facial recognition technology.
“As a matter of racial justice, facial recognition technology is demonstrated to have disparate outcomes for the faces of white people versus non-white people,” he said.
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