This technology is not under control Alvaro Bedoya, Georgetown Law“No federal law controls this technology, no court decision limits it. This technology is not under control,” said Alvaro Bedoya, executive director of the center on privacy and technology at Georgetown Law. The FBI first launched its advanced biometric database, Next Generation Identification, in 2010, augmenting the old fingerprint database with further capabilities including facial recognition. Not only are algorithms less accurate at identifying black faces, but African Americans are disproportionately subjected to police facial recognition. Even the companies that develop facial recognition technology believe it needs to be more tightly controlled.

Source: The Guardian March 27, 2017 10:00 UTC