Massachusetts Became Second City To Ban Face Recognition Tech

After the ban of face recognition technology in San Francisco, the city has become an outlier in the United States. But now many other cities are considering a finite ban on the technology.

Somerville, Massachusetts is following the idea of San Francisco has become the second city in the US to prohibit the use of facial recognition technology.

Like the San Francisco ban, this Somerville law prohibits city offices including police from utilizing face recognition technology innovations.

The use of face recognition technology in the United States is going under heavy criticism. Oakland is additionally thinking about a prohibition on face recognition technology

The legislators of California are suggesting a state-wide prohibition on face recognition technology in police body cameras.

Apart from all this, law-makers have concerns because facial recognition technology experiences difficulty in correctly identifying the faces of women and people of color.