Biometric Update

ICE facial recognition app Mobile Fortify powered by NEC

NEC’s facial recognition, marketed under names like NeoFace and NeoFace Reveal, represents some of the most advanced ...

Facial recognition technology used by police is now very accurate – but public understanding lags behind

There are lots of examples of facial recognition’s role in helping police to locate wanted and vulnerable people. But as facial recognition technology is more widely adopted, our research suggests the ...
Yahoo

Facial recognition systems are flawed and biased. Police departments are using them anyway.

U.K. police have experimented with the use of facial recognition technology on live surveillance video in public areas, as seen in this photo. In the U.S., police departments are also embracing the ...
NPR

With no federal facial recognition law, states rush to fill void

States are increasingly clamping down on how tech companies digitally scan and analyze our most sensitive and potentially lucrative commodity: the faces, eyeballs and other "biometric" data of ...
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Advances in Facial Recognition Technology Have Outpaced Laws, Regulations; New Report Recommends Federal Government Take Action on Privacy, Equity, and Civil Liberties Concerns

WASHINGTON — Some uses of facial recognition technology raise significant concerns that merit a swift government response, says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and ...
The Hill

Government must confront the civil rights challenges of facial recognition

Artificial intelligence, while present in virtually every aspect of our daily lives, is far from perfect. That matters especially when its application impacts civil rights. Take, for example, facial ...