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Disneyland Offers Alternative to Facial Recognition Technology at Park Entrances

Guests can choose to opt out of participating by entering through the parks’ main entrances Mario Tama/Getty Disneyland is letting parkgoers know there's an alternative to its recently introduced ...
The Daily Record (Maryland)

‘That wasn’t me’: Facial recognition error led to woman jailed six months in MD

HERMITAGE, Pa. – To investigators, the case against Kimberlee Williams appeared straightforward. “It’s very obvious it’s you,” an officer in Montgomery County said to Williams, who was handcuffed to a ...
The Washington Post

‘That wasn’t me’: How facial recognition led to a woman being jailed for 6 months

HERMITAGE, Pa. — To investigators, the case against Kimberlee Williams appeared straightforward. “It’s very obvious it’s you,” an officer in Montgomery County, Maryland, said to Williams, who was ...
Engadget

Meta warned by dozens of organizations that facial recognition on its smart glasses would empower predators

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Dozens of civil rights organizations have written a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to warn of the dangers in bringing facial recognition ...
Aclu.org

ACLU and 75 Organizations Sound Alarm on Meta’s Plan to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Ray-Ban and Oakley Eyeglasses

Meta’s reported plan to equip its artificial intelligence (AI) eyeglasses with facial recognition technology poses an unacceptable threat to privacy and liberty and is “a red line society must not ...
Wired

Meta Is Warned That Facial Recognition Glasses Will Arm Sexual Predators

More than 70 organizations, including the ACLU, EPIC, and Fight for the Future, say the AI smart glasses feature would endanger abuse victims, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ ...
Mashable

ACLU and other organizations warn Meta against adding facial recognition to smart glasses

Meta is reportedly planning to integrate facial recognition tech into its smart glasses, but not everyone is content to idly sit by and let it happen. These groups agree that Meta cannot be trusted to ...
The Providence Journal

RI's courts are using facial recognition and AI to monitor people. Should it?

The Rhode Island Judiciary has implemented facial recognition technology in its buildings to enhance security. The system uses FaceMe software to identify and track "monitored" individuals who have ...
WUWM

How public concern stopped facial recognition technology in Milwaukee

Law enforcement in Milwaukee put a halt to using facial recognition technology. Less than two months ago, both the Milwaukee Police and Milwaukee County Sheriff were either using or exploring facial ...
The Conversation

Smart glasses with facial recognition could be devastating to sex workers and other vulnerable people

Meta has been leading the way with smart glasses technology since launching its Ray-Ban model in 2021. Now the company may have plans to introduce facial recognition to its AI-enabled glasses, ...
Reason

Fargo Police Refuse To Apologize to Tennessee Grandma Jailed on Bogus AI Evidence

A Tennessee grandmother blames AI facial recognition software for wrongfully putting her in jail for nearly half a year. It's been eight months since her arrest, and the police are only now admitting ...
AOL

Facial Recognition Is Spreading Everywhere

Facial recognition technology (FRT) dates back 60 years. Just over a decade ago, deep-learning methods tipped the technology into more useful—and menacing—territory. Now, retailers, your neighbors, ...