A bill dubbed the Stop Secret Surveillance Ordinance is scheduled to go before the San Francisco Board of Supervisors this week. It needs six s upervisor votes to become law. The bill would ban the use of facial recognition technology by police and other city agencies. It would also institute significant oversight measures for all surveillance tools used by the city. At least 17 U.S. airports use facial recognition systems to monitor passengers departing the United States, according to BuzzFeed. Microsofts Brad Smith has urged federal regulation of face recognition.”]
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