Just Say No To Facial Recognition, Says Detroit Coalition of Civil Rights Groups

A broad coalition of civil rights groups is urging the Detroit Board of Police Commissioners to reject the city’s use of facial recognition technology because it is “flawed and dangerous” and "can give rise to unnecessary civil rights violations."

The 11-member police commission is expected to vote as early as Thursday on a policy governing the use of the controversial technology, which police have been quietly using for nearly two years without public input.

Citing research that shows the face-scanning software is racially biased and prone to errors, the coalition of 12 organizations co-wrote a five-page letter warning commissioners about the consequences of a technology that other cities are banning.

Read more at the Detroit Metro Times