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Education Jul 23

New York lawmakers vote to pause facial recognition in schools

By Carolyn Thompson, Associated Press

Nation Jun 24

Detroit police challenged over face recognition flaws

The complaint by Robert Williams is a rare challenge from someone who not only experienced an erroneous face recognition hit, but was able to discover that it was responsible for his subsequent troubles.

By Matt O'Brien, Associated Press

Nation Jun 11

The logo of Amazon is seen at the company logistics centre in Boves, France, November 5, 2019. File photo by REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol
Amazon bans police use of face recognition technology for a year

Amazon banned police use of its face-recognition technology for a year, making it the latest tech giant to step back from law-enforcement use of systems that have faced criticism for incorrectly identifying people with darker skin.

By Joseph Pisani, Matt O'Brien, Associated Press

World Mar 27

Microsoft divests from Israeli facial-recognition startup

Microsoft says it is pulling its investments from a controversial facial-recognition startup that scans faces at Israeli military checkpoints.

By Matt O'Brien, Associated Press

Economy Mar 03

U.S. senators scrutinize web-scraping facial recognition startup

Clearview AI has drawn attention following investigative reports about its practice of harvesting billions of photos from social media and other services to identify people.

By Associated Press

Feb 05

YouTube, Venmo demand AI firm stop taking facial data from sites

By Matt O'Brien, Associated Press

The companies have been sending cease-and-desist letters to New York-based Clearview AI, which works with law enforcement agencies.

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Jan 24

London police to use facial recognition cameras, stoking privacy fears

By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press

The Metropolitan Police Service said Friday it will use the cameras to automatically scan faces of people passing through small, targeted areas where intelligence suggests serious offenders will be found.

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Nov 19

Amazon tells senator it’s considered face-scanning doorbells

By Associated Press

Amazon is telling Congress that facial recognition is a “contemplated, but unreleased feature” of its home security cameras.

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Oct 07

How using facial analysis in job interviews could reinforce inequality

By Ivan Manokha, The Conversation

The data on which algorithms “learn” to judge candidates contains a whole range of different kinds of biases, prejudices, inequalities and discrimination.

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Sep 30

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How China’s high-tech ‘eyes’ monitor behavior and dissent

By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn

Technology is transforming China, helping improve life in some ways, but also collecting big data. The government is beginning to convert that data and surveillance footage into social credit scores, which critics say can be used to penalize those who…

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