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Rights Groups Urge Biden to Stop Use of Facial Recognition Technology

Rights Groups Urge Biden to Stop Use of Facial Recognition Technology
A live demonstration uses artificial intelligence and facial recognition in dense crowd spatial-temporal technology at an exhibit in Las Vegas on Jan. 10, 2019. David McNew/AFP via Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
2/17/2021|Updated: 2/17/2021

The American Civil Liberties Union and more than 40 other groups this week urged President Joe Biden to take executive action to stop the use of facial recognition technology.

The use of the technology, which is built on computer programs that analyze images of human faces to identify them, is posing “profound and unprecedented threats to core civil rights and civil liberties,” the coalition told Biden in a letter.
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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