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Because Facial Recognition Makes Students and Faculty Less Safe, 40+ Rights Groups Call on Universities to Ban Technology

'An Act of Mass Surveillance': India Use of Facial Recognition Tech Against Protesters Angers Privacy Advocates

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

Protesters against the Indian government's anti-Muslim citizenship bill are wary of police use of facial recognition technology.

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'This Should Probably Be Illegal': Rights Advocates Target Lawmakers and Lobbyists With Facial Recognition Technology in US Capitol

Jon Queally, staff writer

Activists with Fight for the Future took to Capitol Hill in the U.S. on Thursday to demonstrate to lawmakers, lobbyists, and journalists exactly why stronger restrictions are needed on facial recognition software. (Photo: Fight for the Future)

"It's terrifyingly easy for anyone—a government agent, a corporation, or just a...

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30+ Rights Groups Launch Campaign Demanding Law Enforcement Ban on 'Authoritarian and Invasive' Facial Recognition Technology

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"We need to ban this technology outright, treat it like biological or nuclear...

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To Keep Public Housing From Becoming 'Panopticon of Automated Face Scanning,' Democrats Push Facial Recognition Ban

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More than 150 College Faculty Staff Sign Open Letter Against Facial Recognition on Campus

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Congress Needs to Stop Messing Around and Ban Facial Recognition

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New Scorecard Shows Which Colleges are Using Facial Recognition, and Which Say They Won’t.

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Groups Deliver More Than 75,000 Petitions Calling for Congress to Stop Stalling and Pass a Ban on Government Use of the Technology

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Government Drops Plan for Mandatory Face Scans for Travelers. Now Congress Needs to Ban Facial Recognition

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California Senate Passes Bill to Stop Facial Recognition in Police Body Cameras as Momentum Grows at Local, State, and Federal Level

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Evan Greer

Google Nest or Amazon Ring? Just Reject These Corporations' Surveillance and a Dystopic Future