Written by Nandagopal Rajan |New Delhi |Updated: May 16, 2019 1:27:44 pm
Explained: The push for, and the pushback against, facial recognition technology
The unease around the use of facial recognition stems from concerns over the loss of privacy, and fears that the state may be unwilling or incapable of protecting this fundamental right of citizens.
San Francisco has become the first major American city to block the use of facial recognition software by police, taking a stand on a fraught question involving a tradeoff between using a breakthrough technology in crimefighting, and bowing to concerns expressed by civil liberties groups about its potential for abuse by state agencies.
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