More Controls on Automated Facial Recognition in the US

The State of Massachusetts has now introduced legislation requiring a judge’s authority before police officers can carry out automated facial recognition comparisons. Local officers are forbidden from carrying out the checks, which can only be carried out by State law enforcement agencies or the FBI. Washington State is also setting the pace in controlling computerised systems. See the article:

How One State Managed to Actually Write Rules on Facial Recognition - The New York Times (nytimes.com)