News & Commentary about Surveillance Technologies

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Feb 8, 2022

A Scary Demonstration of What Unchecked Face Recognition Could Look Like

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service headquarters in Washington.

Feb 2, 2022

Three Key Problems with the Government's Use of a Flawed Facial Recognition Service

Nov 22, 2021

Congressional Drunk Driver Detection Mandate Raises Privacy Questions

Nov 4, 2021

Can the Government Wrongfully Spy on You and Get Away With It?

Oct 14, 2021

Glitch in the Code: Black Girls and Algorithmic Justice

Sep 7, 2021

The Privacy Lesson of 9/11: Mass Surveillance is Not the Way Forward

Face recognition boxes placed over people's faces as they cross the street

Jul 27, 2021

Maine’s Facial Recognition Law Shows Bipartisan Support for Protecting Privacy

technological scanning of an Afro-American woman's face

Jul 22, 2021

How Face Recognition Fuels Racist Systems of Policing and Immigration — And Why Congress Must Act Now

Jul 13, 2021

How Artificial Intelligence Can Deepen Racial and Economic Inequities

Face recognition and personal identification technologies in street surveillance cameras, scanned over crowd of passers-by

Jun 17, 2021

Grassroots Activists are Leading the Fight to Stop Face Recognition. It’s Time for Congress to Step Up, Too.