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• @markhurst Mark Hurst on x

  Good article by @kharijohnson about the unjust use of facial recognition against Robert Williams in Detroit (which I covered on https://t.co/...) and two other Black men. Facial rec should be banned. https://twitter.com/...

• @upfromthecracks Khadijah on x

  it's disturbing that essentially everyday forms of social surveillance, an IG Live and a screenshot of a western union transaction are what prevented conviction from facial recognition in two cases. In a third, innocence was proven b/c the man had tattoos unlike the ID'd pic. htt…

• @shobitap @shobitap on x

  Tech developers might say such consequences are “unintended”. But these impacts are *foreseen*, by so many. Thus, both developers and governments have a social responsibility to avoid them by designing and deploying tech differently. https://twitter.com/...

• @jovialjoy Dr. Joy Buolamwini on x

  Required Reading! Thank you @kharijohnson for your invaluable work and continuing to humanize the costs of facial recognition technologies. https://twitter.com/...

• @aclu @aclu on x

  Wrongful arrests are what happen when police rely on biased, dangerous technology like face recognition tech. https://www.wired.com/...

• @kinger_dc Dan King on x

  Just your daily reminder that facial recognition tech often misidentifies women and people of color at high rates, and when it does so in the context of policing, people do time for crimes they never committed. https://www.wired.com/...

• @kharijohnson Khari Johnson on x

  I spoke with three men falsely identified with facial recognition about the impact those accusations had on them and their families and relationships with loved ones and neighbors. All three all fathers, they all filed lawsuits, and they're all Black men. https://www.wired.com/..…

• @kharijohnson Khari Johnson on x

  I also spoke with public defenders about how they argue cases where they suspect police used facial recognition and the litigation strategies they apply to try to compel disclosure of info about the technology and its use in criminal investigations https://www.wired.com/...

• @cendemtech @cendemtech on x

  “It also raises questions of equity, since studies have shown that #facialrecognition systems are more likely to misidentify people who are not white men, including people with dark skin, women, and young people.” https://www.wired.com/...

• @cendemtech @cendemtech on x

  “...neither police nor prosecutors are required to disclose when #facialrecognition is used to identify a criminal suspect. Defense attorneys say that puts them at a disadvantage: They can't challenge potential problems [] if they don't know it was used.” https://www.wired.com/..…