Security News > 2020 > June > Nationwide Facial Recognition Ban Proposed By Lawmakers

Lawmakers have proposed legislation that would indefinitely ban the use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement nationwide.

While various cities have banned government use of the technology, the bill would be the first temporary ban on facial recognition technology ever enacted nationwide.

It would prohibit the use of federal dollars to be spent on facial recognition technology, and "Condition federal grant funding to state and local entities, including law enforcement, on those entities enacting their own moratoria on the use of facial recognition and biometric technology."

Privacy concerns around facial recognition - and specifically racial biases of the technology - came to a head earlier this week.

According to the ACLU, this is the first known example of a wrongful arrest caused by faulty facial recognition technology.

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