Police use of face recognition technology (FRT) poses a particularly massive risk to our civil liberties, particularly for Black men and women and other marginalized communities. That's why EFF supports a ban on government FRT use. Half-measures aren't up to the task.However, even as half-measures go, California's legislature is...

El miembro de la Asamblea de California Phil Ting ha presentado la ley A.B. 1814, un proyecto de ley que supuestamente regularía el uso policial de la tecnología de reconocimiento facial. El problema es que haría muy poco para cambiar realmente el statu quo de cómo la policía...

First, the Internal Revenue Service reversed course from its recent announcement that it was partnering with ID.me, a third-party identity verification service, to use facial recognition for verification of users managing many aspects of their taxes online. Now, ID.me—which provides identity verification services for dozens of government agencies—says...

The Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice invited EFF to testify on law enforcement use of face recognition. The Commission, which was established via Executive Order and convened by Attorney General William Barr earlier this year, is tasked with addressing the serious issues confronting law...