New York Education Department Blocks Funding for Facial Recognition Technology
By Michael Maharrey ALBANY, N.Y. (April 29, 2020) – The New York State Education Department has blocked schools from using a state funding mechanism to…
By Michael Maharrey ALBANY, N.Y. (April 29, 2020) – The New York State Education Department has blocked schools from using a state funding mechanism to…
By MassPrivateI Facial recognition company VSBLTY announced that they are working with Photon-X to turn smart city cameras into heartbeat measuring cameras. The two firms…
By MassPrivateI Last month, I wrote a story about biometric companies using thermal imaging to make a profit during the coronavirus pandemic. But a new…
By Michael Maharrey OLYMPIA, Wash. (April 3, 2020) – On Tuesday, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill that requires a warrant for ongoing and…
By MassPrivateI A recent article in CBS Los Angeles revealed that the Los Angeles International Airport will allow airline passengers to check their own luggage…
By Jack Burns Move over stop, frisk and identify! The power of the police state has increased exponentially with a new body camera which uses…
By Tyler Durden A Manhattan-based facial recognition company that uses artificial intelligence to collect data from unsuspecting social media users has reported that its entire…
By Garfield Benjamin, Solent University The UK is currently witnessing a tug of war over facial recognition. On the streets of London and in South…
Technocracy News & Trends Editor’s Note: Students across the country are rebelling against the use of facial recognition to track them 24/7 and record class…
By Michael Boldin It’s virtually impossible to use facial recognition surveillance under a standard of getting a warrant based on probable cause – and describing…
By Jason Bermas Essentially, anything that has ever been uploaded to the cloud is out there in offline databases even if it has been deleted….
By Edward Hasbrouck The ACLU has released an important white paper on airport facial recognition by ACLU senior policy analyst Jay Stanley. Citing some of…
By Michael Boldin On Tuesday, a House committee approved a bill to put a three-year ban, or moratorium, on the use of facial recognition for…
By Derrick Broze On Monday, forty organizations signed a letter calling on an independent government watchdog to recommend a ban on U.S. government use of…