+1 City bans Facial Recognition Software

What’s happening? Baltimore City Council is moving forward an ordinance to ban facial recognition software. 

Why is this important? The City wants to study whether the software infringes on the privacy of its citizens. The City is fresh off a program that used a crime fighting “spy plane” that captured private citizen behavior. 

How will this be important? Supporters say that the software misidentifies people of color.

Route Fifty |  Baltimore Latest City to Consider Banning Facial Recognition Technology