Last month, Virginia lawmakers quietly passed one of the most restrictive bans in the country on the use of facial recognition technologyRICHMOND, Va. -- Last month, Virginia lawmakers quietly passed one of the most restrictive bans in the country on the use of facial recognition technology. The Virginia legislation says that any law enforcement agency using facial recognition technology, including Clearview AI, must stop as of July 1, when the law would go into effect. The ACLU cites studies that have found higher error rates for facial recognition software used to identify people of color, women, children and the elderly. Another program they’d be prohibited from using is the National Capital Region Facial Recognition Investigative Leads System, she said. Jones said he had been under the impression that the legislature had approved the original bill, which required only local approval for law enforcement agencies to use facial recognition.

Source: ABC News March 29, 2021 19:30 UTC