The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 8-1 on Tuesday to prohibit the use of facial recognition technology by police and municipal agencies.
The technology is being used across the United States in airports, stadiums, and other places where a large number of people gather, with law enforcement agencies turning to the tech in order to search for suspects. Police in New York City, Las Vegas, Boston, San Diego, Orlando, and Detroit use facial recognition technology, Dave Maass, senior investigative researcher at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, told The New York Times; in San Francisco, it's only used at the airport and ports, which are all under federal jurisdiction and exempt from the ban.
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