Voters likely pass facial recognition freedoms for police in San Francisco

In a move that is not particularly surprising, California lawmakers are pushing along legislation that would tighten rules on police use of facial recognition.

Other states generally have been become fans of biometric surveillance by law enforcement while the California legislature has tended to tilt the other direction. Again, not unthinkable.

More surprising, though, is how San Francisco continues to turn the opposite direction as the state legislature on the issue.

A city ballot measure voted on this week, Proposition …

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