The Hill: FBI database stokes worries over facial recognition tech

The Hill: FBI database stokes worries over facial recognition tech by Emily Birnbaum:

Lawmakers are intensifying their calls for a temporary ban on the federal government’s use of facial recognition technology after the disclosure that the FBI has amassed a database of more than 640 million photographs.

The revelation, made by a representative of the government’s top watchdog, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on Tuesday, stunned lawmakers.

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