House Democrat Asks DOJ to Probe Civil Rights Violations of Facial ID

DOJ should investigate whether law enforcement is violating civil rights by using facial identification technology (see 1807310047) like Amazon’s controversial Rekognition, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., wrote Civil Rights Division acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore Wednesday. “A growing body of evidence suggests that these technologies have the potential to exacerbate and entrench existing policing disparities along racial lines.” Thursday, DOJ didn’t comment.