Facial Recognition

Facial recognition technology jailed a man for days. His lawsuit joins others from Black plaintiffs

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Detroit changing facial-recognition policy after police allegedly charge wrong woman

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Video shows NYPD recording people leaving a concert

NYPD took video of Drake concert attendees – but just for an upcoming Tweet, official says

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Facial recognition tool led to mistaken arrest, lawyer says

Louisiana authorities’ use of facial recognition technology led to the mistaken identity arrest of a Georgia man on a fugitive warrant.
/ January 3, 2023

Facebook issues apology after A.I. categorizes Black men as ‘primates’

Facebook has apologized after a video featuring Black men was labeled as a video featuring “primates” by artificial intelligence software.
/ September 4, 2021
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Black teen forced to leave skating rink after facial recognition tech misidentifies her

A local roller skating rink in Michigan has come under fire using facial recognition software that misidentified a Black teenager.
/ July 15, 2021

Amazon to ban police from using facial-recognition software indefinitely

Amazon hoped leaders in Congress would create a law that would ensure its ethical use, but no bill of the sort has been drawn up.
/ May 19, 2021

Michigan man sues after facial recognition software leads to imprisonment

Facial recognition systems misidentify Asian and Black people up to 100 times more than white men. It remains in use, but maybe not for long.
/ April 14, 2021

Facial recognition technology displays clear racial bias

Facial recognition technology has demonstrated clear racial bias with some algorithms up to 100 times better at identifying white people.
/ July 6, 2020

Detroit activists aim to ban racist facial recognition software

With the largest population of Black americans, Detroit activists are on a missison to end what they deem racist facial regoniction software.
/ July 4, 2020