Australian Rights Commissioner Calls for Better Biometric Facial Recognition Legislation
Edward Santow is asking Australian lawmakers to pass more stringent facial recognition regulations. Santow is the country’s Human Rights Commissioner, and…
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Microsoft Confirms it Won’t Sell Facial Recognition to Law Enforcement
Microsoft has confirmed that it will not be selling any facial recognition technology to the police. The company has refused to sell facial recognition tech to…
Amazon Places One-Year Moratorium on Sale of Facial Recognition to Police
Amazon is following IBM’s lead and is no longer allowing law enforcement agencies to use its facial recognition technology. However, Amazon’s decision comes…
Proposed Bill Would Restrict Use of Facial Recognition in Police Body Cams
Four congressional Democrats have introduced the Justice in Policing Act of 2020, a new law enforcement bill that while requiring federal, state and local law…
Senator Markey Raises Concerns About Targeting of Protestors with Clearview Facial Recognition
Massachusetts Senator Edward Markey (Dem) is once again asking Clearview AI for greater transparency, and for the controversial facial recognition company to…
IBM Halts Sale of Facial Recognition Software, Calls for Police Reform
IBM is getting out of facial recognition. The technology giant has announced that it will no longer be selling general purpose facial recognition software, and…
EFF Voices Opposition to California Facial Recognition Bill
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has allied with several other civil rights and labor advocates to oppose California’s proposed A.B. 2261 legislation,…
EU Court Decision Prompts Northern Ireland Police to Delete Biometric Records
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) appears set to begin the ‘real-time’ deletion of its database of drunk drivers’ biometric data following a recent…
ACLU is Latest to Bring Legal Action Against Clearview AI
The Illinois branch of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a lawsuit against controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI under the…
London, ON, Police Confirm Unauthorized Use of Clearview Biometric Tech
The Chief of Police in London, Ontario, has confirmed that seven department officers had access to Clearview AI’s controversial facial recognition program. One…