The Surveillance State Grows: UK Schools Will Use Facial Recognition to Speed Up Lunch Payments
By J. Fingas Facial recognition may soon play a role in your child’s lunch. The Financial Times reports that nine schools in the UK’s North…
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Clearview AI to Use More Advanced Artificial Intelligence to Scan More Than 10 Billion Internet Collected Images
By Will Knight Clearview AI has stoked controversy by scraping the web for photos and applying facial recognition to give police and others an unprecedented ability to peer…
The Federal Government Just Can’t Get Enough of Your Face
By Chao Liu There are more federal facial recognition technology (FRT) systems than there are federal agencies using them, according to the U.S. General Accounting…
Skating Rink Boots Black Teen Misidentified by Facial Recognition System
By Jessica Corbett In what civil rights advocates on Thursday framed as yet another example of the need for reforms by companies and governments alike,…
Rights Coalition Demands US Retailers Reject Use of Facial Recognition
By Jessica Corbett On the heels of a congressional hearing that highlighted concerns about facial recognition, more than 35 civil rights groups on Wednesday collectively…
Clearview’s Face Surveillance Still Has No First Amendment Defense
By Adam Schwartz Clearview AI extracts faceprints from billions of people, without their consent, and uses these faceprints to help police identify suspects. This does…
As U.S. Government Report Reveals Facial Recognition Tech Widely Used, WEF-Linked Israeli Facial Recognition Firm Raises $235 Million
By Derrick Broze In June the U.S. Government Accountability Office released a report detailing the widespread use of facial recognition technology, including law enforcement using…
Maine Sets Example With “Country’s Strongest” Facial Recognition Ban
By Brett Wilkins Civil liberties advocates on Wednesday cheered as Maine enacted what that state’s ACLU chapter called “the country’s strongest statewide facial recognition law.”…
Abu Dhabi Begins Using Facial Recognition Cameras to Detect COVID-19
By Paul Joseph Watson Summit News Authorities in Abu Dhabi have deployed facial recognition cameras throughout shopping malls and even in residential areas under the…
Facial Recognition Apps for Anyone Who Wants to Identify People Without Their Knowledge or Consent: What Couldn’t Go Wrong?
By B.N. Frank The use of Facial Recognition technology continues to be controversial. Why wouldn’t it be? It’s privacy invasive and it’s NOT always accurate. …
King County Washington Bans Facial Recognition
By Michael Maharrey SEATTLE, Wash. (June 2, 2021) – On Tuesday, the Metropolitan King County Council unanimously passed an ordinance banning the use of facial…
CBS 60 Minutes: American Police Departments Being Sued for Wrongful Arrests Based on Facial Recognition
By B.N. Frank There’s a lot NOT to love about facial recognition. For one – it’s not always accurate, especially for those who are not…
CLEAR’s “A Day Of Families” Event Shamelessly Exploits COVID Family Separations
By MassPrivateI The mainstream media (MSM) is going out of its way to promote facial recognition, private corporations and the pandemic. ABC, CBS, NBC and The DailyMail fawned…
Apple Files Patent to Improve Face ID for Users Wearing Masks
By Truth Unmuted While the world is engulfed in a myriad of controversies surrounding coronavirus, vaccines, threats of war, cyber attacks, hyper-inflation, racial tensions, etc.,…