US schools left on their own to figure out biometric surveillance policies

A lengthy newspaper article about facial recognition in schools and a likewise robust report by the American Civil Liberties Union leave the impression that local U.S. education officials aren't leading biometrics debates.

They're more being driven to decisions by fearful parents and fear-mongering vendors.

The article is in the Helena, Mont., Independent Record. It sketches a rural, conservative and gun-stocking state that this year banned continuous use of facial recognition algorithms by state and local governments.

But a lawmaker told …

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