Facial recognition is making a comeback in the United States as bans to thwart the technology and curb racial bias in policing come under threat amid a surge in crime and increased lobbying from developers.
that state and local governments spend on policing annually. The portion dedicated to technology is not closely tracked.
Facial recognition will be reviewed by the president's new National AI Advisory Committee, which last week began forming a subgroup tasked with studying its use in policing.Virginia approved its ban through a process that limited input from facial recognition developers. This year, company lobbyists came prepared to advance legislation that better balanced individual liberties with police investigation needs, said State Senator Scott Surovell.
Virginia barred real-time surveillance, and face matches cannot serve as probable cause in warrant applications. Misuse can lead to a misdemeanor."the first in the nation to require the accuracy of facial recognition technology used by law enforcement to be evaluated by the U.S government" and "the nation’s most stringent set of rules for its use."
Now, news reports about rising retail theft and smash-and-grab robberies have captured lawmakers' attention, said Jennifer Jones, a staff attorney for ACLU of Northern California."Police departments are exploiting people's fears about that crime to amass more power," Jones said. "This has been for decades, we see new technologies being pushed in moments of crisis."
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