Team, George Orwell’s 1984 wasn’t an instruction manual.
And yet, nearly half of adult Americans are currently in a law enforcement facial recognition database.
Facial recognition technology is fundamentally biased, and misidentifies women and people of color at disproportionately higher rates.
Such flawed and discriminatory technology has no place in our society, and certainly not in our criminal legal system. We need your support today to help prevent the use facial recognition in our communities.
Ban Facial Recognition Surveillance
Residents of our communities shouldn’t be under constant threat of being monitored by the government. It’s unconstitutional, and only worsens existing disparities in our criminal injustice system.
That’s why I recently co-introduced a piece of legislation to ban all facial recognition surveillance in public housing. Vulnerable communities are already being over-policed, profiled, and punished, and facial recognition technology will only make it worse.
Together we have to fight back to end the use of this biased technology. Please add your name to join me in demanding that we end facial recognition surveillance.
Thank you for joining me in working for justice.
In Solidarity,
Ayanna Pressley