Facebook Says It’s Removing Facial Recognition System November 3, 2021 By Elizabeth Culliford and Sheila Dang Facebook Inc. announced on Tuesday it is shutting down its facial recognition system, which automatically identifies users in photos and...
What One State’s Tough Stand Against Biometrics Says About Digital Privacy September 16, 2021 By Michael Berens When night fell, a clerk at a bustling 24-hour MotoMart flipped a switch from behind the counter. Electromagnetic locks sealed...
INSIGHT: How Big Tech Ethics Panels Are Putting Brakes on AI September 8, 2021 By Paresh Dave and Jeffrey Dastin In September last year, Google’s cloud unit looked into using artificial intelligence to help a financial firm decide whom to...
50 Investors Urge Ethical Development of Facial Recognition Technology June 8, 2021 By Simon Jessop and Ross Kerber A group of 50 investors managing more than $4.5 trillion in assets is calling on companies involved in the development...
EU Privacy Supervisor Urges Ban on Facial Recognition Software April 26, 2021 By Foo Yun Chee Facial recognition should be banned in Europe because of its “deep and non-democratic intrusion” into people’s private lives, EU privacy...
Lawmakers Sought to Ban Facial Software Being Used to ID Capitol Attackers January 19, 2021 By Paresh Dave U.S. lawmakers are moving ahead with efforts to ban facial recognition software even as the technology helps identify supporters of...
Judge Blocks Trump ‘Secretive’ Commission Report on Police and Civil Justice October 2, 2020 By Sarah N. Lynch Before a U.S. federal judge on Thursday halted the work of a Trump administration law enforcement commission – saying it...
Reuters: Rite Aid Deployed China-Linked Facial Recognition in Poor Neighborhoods July 30, 2020 By Jeffrey Dastin Over about eight years, the American drugstore chain Rite Aid Corp quietly added facial recognition systems to 200 stores across...
About-Face: IBM to Exit and Oppose Facial Recognition Technology June 9, 2020 International Business Machines Corp. will no longer offer general purpose facial recognition or analysis software, new Chief Executive Officer Arvind...
Washington Governor Signs Facial Recognition Law Curbing Use April 1, 2020 By Paresh Dave Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has signed the first U.S. state law that sharply curbs law enforcement’s use of facial recognition...