San Francisco to ban government from using facial recognition technology
- City would be first in US to ban official use of technology
- Supervisor: ‘We don’t want to live in a police state’
San Francisco could become the first city in the country to ban government agencies from using facial recognition technology.
The “Stop Secret Surveillance Ordinance” would prevent government agencies, including police, from using facial recognition in law enforcement. The bill passed unanimously in a committee vote on Monday and will move to the San Francisco board of supervisors for a final vote on 14 May.