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San Francisco could ban facial recognition technology, becoming first US city to do so

Accepted submission by realDonaldTrump at 2019-02-01 03:55:36
Digital Liberty

"San Francisco could become the first U.S. city to ban the use of facial recognition technology, criticized as biased by lawmakers and privacy advocates.

A new bill unveiled on Tuesday, known as the Stop Secret Surveillance Ordinance, states that the risks of the controversial technology 'substantially outweigh...its purported benefits, and the technology will exacerbate racial injustice and threaten our ability to live free of continuous government monitoring.'" foxnews.com/tech/san-francisco-could-ban-facial-recognition-technology-becoming-first-us-city-to-do-so [foxnews.com]


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