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The ban is part of a broader anti-surveillance ordinance that the city’s Board of Supervisors approved on Tuesday. Eight of the board’s 11 supervisors voted in favor of it. The ordinance, which outlaws the use of facial-recognition technology by police and other government departments, could also spur other local governments to take similar action.
Facial-recognition systems are increasingly used everywhere from police departments to rock concerts to homes, stores and schools. They are designed to identify specific people from live video feeds, recorded video footage or still photos, often by comparing their features with a set of faces (such as mugshots).
“We all support good policing but none of us want to live in a police state,” San Francisco Supervisor Aaron Peskin, who introduced the bill earlier this year, told CNN Business ahead of the vote.
San Francisco just banned facial-recognition technology
We all support good policing, but none of us want a police state? Are these the same people who said you must have health insurance or else? The same people that want to tell you how many rounds your gun magazine can have? The same people who told us what kind of guns we are allowed to own? The same people that tax citizens into submission if they smoke cigarettes? The same people who limited choices of food in public schools? Now that we have technology to identify criminals and threats, they don't want a police state.
Yes, facial identification technology can be used to recognize trouble makers, but it can also be used to identify previously deported illegal aliens. Gee, I bet that's something they never even thought of!
Facial-recognition systems are increasingly used everywhere from police departments to rock concerts to homes, stores and schools. They are designed to identify specific people from live video feeds, recorded video footage or still photos, often by comparing their features with a set of faces (such as mugshots).
“We all support good policing but none of us want to live in a police state,” San Francisco Supervisor Aaron Peskin, who introduced the bill earlier this year, told CNN Business ahead of the vote.
San Francisco just banned facial-recognition technology
We all support good policing, but none of us want a police state? Are these the same people who said you must have health insurance or else? The same people that want to tell you how many rounds your gun magazine can have? The same people who told us what kind of guns we are allowed to own? The same people that tax citizens into submission if they smoke cigarettes? The same people who limited choices of food in public schools? Now that we have technology to identify criminals and threats, they don't want a police state.
Yes, facial identification technology can be used to recognize trouble makers, but it can also be used to identify previously deported illegal aliens. Gee, I bet that's something they never even thought of!