Posted on Sep 29, 2022
Op-Ed: Facial recognition technology victimizes people of color. It must be regulated
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https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-09-29/facial-recognition-technology?consumer=googlenews&fbclid=IwAR3_yBkW0ORJhW6GhXJeBPNEBQ0S874dDgloQlTLAiTn_AxkJOozgg_oq28#:~:text=eNewspaper-,Op%2DEd%3A%20Facial%20recognition%20technology%20victimizes%20people%20of%20color.,of%20their%20law%20enforcement%20efforts
"The powerful surveillance tools that were used against Williams are up to 100 times more likely to misidentify Asian and Black people compared with white men, according to a 2019 National Institute of Standards and Technology study."
"The powerful surveillance tools that were used against Williams are up to 100 times more likely to misidentify Asian and Black people compared with white men, according to a 2019 National Institute of Standards and Technology study."
Op-Ed: Facial recognition technology victimizes people of color. It must be regulated
Posted from latimes.com
Technology
Racism
Surveillance
Posted >1 y ago
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Law enforcement identifying the wrong suspect isn’t new. What is new is how police make these kinds of mistakes. In Williams’ case, the Detroit Police Department used Michigan State Police’s facial recognition program to identify a suspect from a grainy surveillance image. The technology used Michigan’s database of driver’s license photos to land on Williams as a possible match — a high-tech mistake with grave human consequences. It is essential that a federal law is created to help prevent these kinds of mistakes by law enforcement."...
..."Law enforcement identifying the wrong suspect isn’t new. What is new is how police make these kinds of mistakes. In Williams’ case, the Detroit Police Department used Michigan State Police’s facial recognition program to identify a suspect from a grainy surveillance image. The technology used Michigan’s database of driver’s license photos to land on Williams as a possible match — a high-tech mistake with grave human consequences. It is essential that a federal law is created to help prevent these kinds of mistakes by law enforcement."...
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