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John,
News recently broke about the wrongful arrest of a Black woman, Porcha Woodruff, as a result of biased, broken facial recognition technology. At the time of her arrest she was 8 months pregnant and was held for 11 hours in jail before she was released on a $100,000 bond.1
But despite numerous cases of facial recognition leading to wrongful arrests, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) wants to expand use of the technology to over 400 airports in the United States.2
Expanding the use of facial recognition technology in U.S. airports will increase the incidents of traumatizing, life-altering false arrests that disproportionately impact people of color, and open more doors to surveillance and abuse of people’s personal data. Sign the petition telling TSA to cancel plans to expand facial recognition technology in airports.
Sign the petition
Spreading this tech poses enormous threats to the civil rights and data privacy for all U.S. flyers, and is not necessary to keep travelers safe. Help oppose discriminatory technology at airports by telling the TSA: stop scanning travelers’ faces now.
Together,
Caitlin at Fight for the Future
P.S. If you’ve had your face scanned at an airport, the Algorithmic Justice League wants to hear from you. AJL is collecting stories and accounts of people’s experiences with facial recognition in airports. Visit their #InPlainSight page to share your story.
Footnotes:
1. New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/06/business/facial-recognition-false-arrest.html
2. The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/1/23781040/the-tsa-will-use-facial-recognition-in-over-400-airports
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