Some US Cities Are Moving Into Real-Time Facial Surveillance
Some US Cities Are Moving Into Real-Time Facial Surveillance
Business, Spoken · SpokenLayer
May 20, 20197m 3s
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Civil liberties activists trying to inspire alarm about the authoritarian potential of facial recognition technology often point to China, where some police departments use systems that can spot suspects who show their faces in public. A report from Georgetown researchers on Thursday suggests Americans should also focus their concern closer to home. The report says agencies in Chicago and Detroit have bought real-time facial recognition systems.
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