Detroit Man Sues Police for Wrongfully Arresting Him Based on Facial Recognition
upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:
A man who was falsely accused of shoplifting has sued the Detroit Police Department for arresting him based on an incorrect facial recognition match. The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit on behalf of Robert Williams, whom it calls the first US person wrongfully arrested based on facial recognition.
[...] The ACLU claims Detroit police used facial recognition under circumstances that they should have known would produce unreliable results, then dishonestly failed to mention the system's shortcomings - including a "woefully substandard" image and the known racial bias of recognition systems.
[...] Thousands of law enforcement agencies have allegedly used facial recognition tech to identify suspects. But a backlash has led several cities to ban the practice, while Microsoft, IBM, and Amazon have pledged to keep their systems out of police hands.
Also at The Washington Post, The Detroit News, and others.
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