As US schools rush into facial recognition, parents and students remain concerned

More than half of students and parents in the U.S. are concerned about using cameras with facial recognition to check people entering a school building, according to a new survey published this week by the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT).

Despite these results, the Washington, D.C.-headquartered non-profit organization says that the technology is being deployed in a growing number of K-12 schools. While 55 percent of students and 58 percent of parents have expressed worry over facial recognition, 33 …

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