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New Orleans called out for sketchiest use of facial recognition yet in the US | Facial recognition cameras ping cops when suspects appear, sparking backlash.
Facial recognition cameras ping cops when suspects appear, sparking backlash.
Now, New Orleans police have paused the program amid backlash over what Nathan Freed Wessler, the deputy director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, suggested might be the sketchiest use of facial recognition yet in the US. New Orleans Police Department superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick told the Post that she would be conducting a review of the program and turning off all automated alerts until she is "sure that the use of the app meets all the requirements of the law and policies." The cameras in New Orleans are operated by Project Nola, a nonprofit founded by a former cop, Bryan Lagarde, who wanted to help police more closely monitor the city's "crime-heavy areas," the Post reported.
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