US Civil Rights Commission kicks off investigation on facial recognition

Facial recognition and its use by U.S. federal agencies is becoming a new target of investigation for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

Its main task will be to examine how agencies such as the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) are using the technology.

The Commission’s first step in this direction is a briefing on the civil rights implications of facial recognition which will invite government …

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