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kalpol@lemmy.world to Austin Texas Community@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

APD gets around ban on facial recognition by asking other cities to run it for them

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APD gets around ban on facial recognition by asking other cities to run it for them

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kalpol@lemmy.world to Austin Texas Community@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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These cities bar facial recognition tech. Police still found ways to access it.
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As cities and states push to restrict the use of facial recognition technologies, some police departments have quietly found a way to keep using the controversial tools: asking for help from other law enforcement agencies that still have access. Officers in Austin and San Francisco - two of the largest cities where police are banned from using the technology - have repeatedly asked police in neighboring towns to run photos of criminal suspects through their facial recognition programs, according
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