The Security Industry Association (SIA) found that such bills failed to advance or were rejected by legislatures in no fewer than 17 states during the 2020 and 2021 sessions.
The Baltimore City Council’s Public Safety & Government Operations Committee moved on May 26, 2021, to advance a proposal that would ban nearly all applications of facial recognition technology in the city.
The Portland City Council yesterday unanimously passed a ban on facial recognition technology, barring its use by the city and restricting its use by private businesses.
A currently moving bill in Massachusetts (S 1385) would place a moratorium on the use of facial recognition evidence by the government in any judicial proceeding, based on the stated presumption that facial recognition technology is racially biased in its application and violates personal privacy because it subjects every person to potential criminal investigation based on their appearance.
