Human rights group urges New York to ban police use of facial recognition

The technology has repeatedly come up short in tests for racial bias and has been restricted in other major cities across the US

Facial recognition technology amplifies racist policing, threatens the right to protest and should be banned globally, Amnesty International said as it urged New York City to pass a ban on its use in mass surveillance by law enforcement.

Facial recognition risks being weaponised by law enforcement against marginalised communities around the world," said Matt Mahmoudi, AI and human rights researcher at Amnesty. From New Delhi to New York, this invasive technology turns our identities against us and undermines human rights.