John,
Facial recognition is the most dangerous form of surveillance ever invented, and it’s spreading like an epidemic.1
Our basic human rights are at stake. Tell your lawmakers to ban facial recognition.
TAKE ACTION
More and more police and government agencies are using this invasive technology to monitor us everywhere we go, target vulnerable populations for arrest, and deport migrant families.2
Worse, facial recognition is incredibly inaccurate. And it’s racist. It systematically misidentifies women and people of color, putting them at higher risk of being falsely imprisoned or worse.3
We’ve gotten word from insiders in Washington, DC that Congress is about to introduce bipartisan legislation to address facial recognition. But if we don’t flood lawmakers with emails and calls, it will almost certainly fail.
Click here to tell your local, state, and federal officials to ban facial recognition.
Facial recognition is so dangerous that three US cities have already banned it. Sweden just banned it from being used in schools.4 And a prominent development in London just abandoned its use after massive public backlash.5
People from across the political spectrum can all agree that we don’t want Big Brother tracking us everywhere we go. Facial recognition allows for the automation of discrimination and social control. It can’t be fixed with regulation, we need to ban it.
We’re joining 30 organizations at BanFacialRecognition.com calling on lawmakers to ban government and law enforcement use of face recognition surveillance. Click here to take action and add your name.
For our basic rights,
-Evan at Fight for the Future
Footnotes:
1. The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/aug/16/privacy-campaigners-uk-facial-recognition-epidemic
2. Buzzfeed: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/evangreer/dont-regulate-facial-recognition-ban-it
3. MIT News: https://news.mit.edu/2018/study-finds-gender-skin-type-bias-artificial-intelligence-systems-0212
4. New Europe: https://www.neweurope.eu/article/sweden-bans-facial-recognition-technology-in-schools/
5. The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/sep/02/facial-recognition-technology-scrapped-at-kings-cross-development
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