Suzanne Smalley reports:
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (UCCR) on Thursday released a report which asserts that three federal agencies’ use of facial recognition technology (FRT) is deeply concerning, not sufficiently standardized and not transparent enough.
The commission studied how the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) use the technology, sometimes leading to wrongful arrests, bias in accessing housing and more troubling outcomes.
While DOJ and DHS have recently implemented interim policies for its use of the technology, HUD does not have one, the report said. The agencies’ funding recipients also deploy the technology, the report noted.
Read more at The Record.