Facial Recognition Freeze Proposed in Mass. Citing Bias and Privacy Concerns
Much like the Automated Fingerprint Index System (AFIS), developed in the 1990s to aid law enforcement in narrowing the number of possible suspects from lifted latent prints, facial recognition is another tool used to narrow the list of potential suspects from an unknown subject photograph.
This emerging technology is a tool to aid in furthering investigations, yet many privacy advocates are expressing concerns that it might be unfairly targeting minorities and invading the public’s privacy. These characterizations now threaten its use when all-out bans are proposed by local and state governments.