4 Local Governments Ban Facial Recognition Software

San Francisco, CA , Somerville, MA, Oakland, CA & Berkeley, CA have all formally banned the use of facial recognition software

3 Reasons Cities are banning facial recognition software:

• it is often wrong
• often wrong identifying women
• often wrong identifying people of color

28 Congresspersons were misidentified as criminals in one case study use of facial recognition software

Governing | Cities Ban Government Use of Facial Recognition