Only One NYC Mayor Candidate Is Promising to Ban Facial Recognition

Only One NYC Mayor Candidate Is Promising to Ban Facial Recognition

3 years ago
Anonymous $LNMzUc6XNz

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/5dbg4q/only-one-nyc-mayor-candidate-is-promising-to-ban-facial-recognition

All of the major candidates running in the Democratic primary to become New York City’s next mayor have promised to bring some manner of reform to the city’s police department. There are areas of common ground—investing more in mental health response units, increasing the power of the civilian oversight body, and prioritizing gun crimes, to name a few.

But one area where nearly all of the candidates have been silent is police surveillance—including the controversial use of facial recognition technology, which has already been banned or strictly regulated in other major US cities.