1st State to Prohibit Facial Recognition Software

What’s happening? This year Maine became the 1st state in the nation to ban the use of facial recognition software.

Why is this important? Bans of facial recognition software up until then had been highly local and limited to county or city government bans.

How will this be important? Maine is talking about it in terms of civil liberties and personal privacy.

Q106.5 | FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY? NOT IN MAINE.