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San Francisco votes to ban city use of facial recognition technology

By Jeffrey Dastin on May 15, 2019 12:39PM
San Francisco votes to ban city use of facial recognition technology

Aimed at protecting marginalised groups.

San Francisco officials on Tuesday voted eight to one to ban the purchase and use of facial recognition technology by city personnel, in a move to regulate tools that local Silicon Valley companies helped develop. The ordinance, which also would require city departments to submit surveillance ...

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