Hey John,

In yet another example of the dangers of facial recognition, news recently broke of a 61-year-old man who was sexually assaulted in jail after being wrongfully arrested thanks to a false facial recognition match.¹

Everyone should be worried about facial recognition tech because anyone can be caught up in a false facial recognition match. In December, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued an order banning pharmacy chain Rite Aid from using facial recognition tech for five years. The FTC had received several complaints about false facial recognition matches and subsequent harassment at Rite Aid stores, including that of an 11-year-old girl.^2,3

For years, we’ve campaigned against the use of this creepy and intrusive technology because we’ve long understood it as a threat to people’s basic human rights.⁴ That the FTC came down hard on facial recognition shows that our campaign has been working. But new reports of false facial recognition matches, like that of the 61-year-old man, demonstrate that we still have a lot to do. Will you chip in today to support our newly relaunched Ban Facial Recognition campaign?

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Your donation directly supports:

• Continuous tracking and updates to our Facial Recognition in Stores Scorecard⁴

• Actions that pressure agencies like the FTC to impose bans on the tech in stores

• In person actions to raise awareness about the dangers of facial recognition, like our protests outside Madison Square Garden and the Phillies baseball stadium.^5,6

• Work to pass local, state, and federal bans on the use of facial recognition in the U.S.

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Thanks for your support,

Terri at Fight for the Future

1. Harvey Murphy sues Macy’s over wrongful facial recognition identification | The Washington Post

2. Rite Aid used facial recognition on shoppers, fueling harassment, FTC says | The Washington Post

3. Rite Aid Banned from Using AI Facial Recognition After FTC Says Retailer Deployed Technology without Reasonable Safeguards | FTC

4. Take Action and Learn More: Ban Facial Recognition | Fight for the Future

5. Ban Facial Recognition in Stores | Fight for the Future

6. Fans Cry Foul Over Facial Recognition at Stadiums | Fight for the Future

7. Music fans call out facial recognition surveillance outside John Mayer’s Madison Square Garden show | Fight for the Future