GAO: 19 of 24 US government agencies surveyed use facial recognition in some capacity; DoD and DHS both have in-house systems, while 4 had used Clearview AI
New: The federal facial recognition machine churns ever onward. Ten agencies say they're expanding face-scan use by 2023. @JakeLaperruque: “Even with all the privacy issues and accuracy problems, the government is ‘Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead’” https://www.washingtonpost…
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U.S. Gao on x
Facial Recognition Technology: Current and Planned Uses by Federal Agencies https://www.gao.gov/...
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Techni-Calli on x
At this point I really want to just start yelling at federal agencies. https://www.gao.gov/...
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Alex Howard on x
There's enough evidence to justify a federal moratorium on facial recognition on civil liberties & human rights grounds + audit all ongoing uses, but @potus has had surprisingly little to say about the US government's tech policy (vs regulating consumer tech or enterprise IT) htt…
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Ashkan Soltani on x
What could go wrong? “18 of the 24 surveyed [federal] agencies reported using an facial recognition technology system... and 10 agencies reported plans to expand their use of facial recognition technology through fiscal year 2023” -new @USGAO report https://www.gao.gov/...