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Pardon the Intrusion #26: Facial recognition? That is a no from me, canine

Portland, Oregon has grow to be the primary US metropolis to ban the usage of facial recognition tech by each private and non-private companies.
Portland, Oregon has become the first US city to ban the use of facial recognition tech by both public and private businesses.

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Author: Thenextweb

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  2. "In order to keepits social network free of malicious bots, Facebook keeps trying out new tactics.In its latest test, its deploying facial recognition tech to spot fake profiles". (November 6, 2019)
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  5. "In a landmark decision, judges said South Wales Police's use of facial recognition breached human rights and data protection laws". (August 11, 2020)
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  9. "The US Army just took a giant step toward developing killer robots that can see and identify faces in the dark. DEVCOM, the US Armys corporate research department, last week published a pre-print paper documenting the development of an image database for training AI to perform facial recognition using thermal images". (January 12, 2021)
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