Cops Say They Only Use Facial Recognition for Leads, But It’s Often the Sole Basis for Arrests

December 6, 2022

(Gizmodo) – Unfortunately, this story represents a growing trend, not a tragic exception. The anecdote opens a landmark report on facial recognition from the Georgetown Law Center on Privacy & Technology, which found that law enforcement agencies are often using the technology as the sole basis for putting people in jail despite claiming they don’t and despite a growing body of evidence that the technology has serious problems with accuracy and bias. (Read More)