Michigan to adopt strongest laws in the US on police use of facial recognition

A settlement in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Robert Williams, a Detroit man who was wrongfully arrested in front of his family after being misidentified by facial recognition software, will see the state of Michigan adopt the U.S.’s strongest policy governing police use of facial recognition.

A release from the ACLU says the settlement prohibits police from arresting people based solely on facial recognition results, or on the results of photo lineups using …

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