Oct. 16, 2023, 10:20 p.m. | Jim Nash

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Proponents and opponents of police using facial recognition in the U.S. state of Massachusetts appear to have battled to a compromise.

Privacy and civil liberties advocates have fought to ban the use of facial recognition by police for many reasons including that some algorithms are less accurate for people who are not white males. Law enforcement supporters maintained that biometrics are too valuable a tool for police to ignore.

Proposed state legislation in Massachusetts would ban biometric surveillance and identification …

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