Recent reports have revealed that the Detroit Police Department wrongly arrested a pregnant Black woman for a crime she did not commit after she was misidentified by the city’s facial recognition software.
in March that would ban the use of facial recognition technology on the federal level. The Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act would also withhold money from state and local police departments that continue to use the technology, which would have a substantial impact on the Detroit Police Department.
“Facial recognition is a racist technology that is being used in our neighborhoods to invade privacy, surveil, and criminalize,” . “In the City of Detroit, facial recognition has already falsely identified our residents, making them suspects in crimes they did not commit. This technology is making us less safe.”So are we! That’s why we’re on a mission to shake things up and bring you the stories and perspectives that often go untold in mainstream media. But being a radically, unapologetically independent news site isn’t easy , and we rely on reader support to keep the lights on.
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