In May 2019, San Francisco became the first US city to ban the use of facial recognition, but this is an isolated example of resistance to this controversial technology. In the UK, it's been used on ...

The Milwaukee Sheriff's Office pitched the purchase of facial recognition technology to the county board as the public pushed ...

Members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform questioned the FBI over its use of facial recognition technology. The FBI has expanded its access to photo databases and facial ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. One evening in March 2017, Hoan Ton-That, an Australian coder building a powerful ...

Proponents call facial recognition an important crime-fighting and security tool. Critics, however, warn the growing use of the technology brings with it the danger that flawed identification could ...

The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) submitted a new measure that allows it to photograph any non-US citizen who enters or exits the country for facial recognition purposes. According to a ...

Law enforcement often balances public safety and individual privacy with technology. The increased use of technology, like facial recognition, puts police in the crosshairs of many. Facial recognition ...

This story was made possible with support from the Pulitzer Center’s AI Accountability Network. “And then the nightmare began,” says Guillermo Ibarrola, recalling his arrest at the crowded train ...

Experts disagreed on whether running surveillance camera images released by the police through a facial recognition system would produce a reliable lead. By Kashmir Hill A man whom the police are ...