Facing Backlash, UCLA Cancels Plan to Use Facial Recognition Technology on Campus

Facing Backlash, UCLA Cancels Plan to Use Facial Recognition Technology on Campus
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Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the first university in the United States to openly propose using facial recognition cameras, has now decided to back down on that plan due to backlash from student community.

“UCLA will not pursue the use of this technology,” UCLA Executive Vice President Michael Beck wrote in a statement released to CNet. “We have determined that the potential benefits are limited and vastly outweighed by the concerns of our campus community.”