A monitoring body in the government requests `` prohibition of use of face recognition technology '' from law enforcement agencies such as police
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In January 2020, the New York Times reported that a large face recognition app from a startup called Clearview AI was used by a number of law enforcement agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) . In response, the US Government's Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Commission (PCLOB) has put pressure on the government to ban the use of facial recognition technology.
The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It-The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/18/technology/clearview-privacy-facial-recognition.html
Government privacy watchdog under pressure to recommend facial recognition ban | TheHill
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/480152-government-privacy-watchdog-under-pressure-to-recommend-facial-recognition
According to the New York Times, a startup named Clearview AI, founded by Australian engineers, has revolutionized facial recognition with hundreds of law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, the
The face recognition app provided by Clearview AI uploads a photo of a person, searches a large number of databases for the relevant face, and displays a matching image and a link to the website of the source. It is said that more than 3 billion images registered in the database were obtained from Facebook, YouTube, and millions of other websites, and to dig up person names and other personal information from linked websites Is considered possible.
It is known that the FBI and others have used facial recognition technology in criminal investigations for some time , but the database provided by Clearview AI is `` much larger than that built by the US government and Silicon Valley companies '' The New York Times points out. Federal and state law enforcement officials have said that Clearview AI has already been used to arrest offenders such as shoplifting, theft of personal information, credit card fraud, murder, and sexual exploitation of children.
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Meanwhile, PCLOB, a monitoring agency in the US government, about the use of Clearview AI application by law enforcement agencies is calling on the government to stop using facial recognition technology. A letter sent to the government states that 'the rapid and chaotic development of facial recognition technology poses a direct threat to the precious freedom that is essential to our lives.' PCLOB also pointed out that facial recognition technology has a problem that its accuracy may deteriorate depending on the age, gender, and race.
Founded in 2004, PCLOB has its own responsibility to evaluate technologies and policies that affect American privacy and make recommendations to the president and executive branch. PCLOB did not comment on this recommendation regarding Clearview AI.
by Sheila Scarborough
Some municipalities in the United States have restricted the use of facial recognition technology by government officials and police, but federal law has no restrictions on facial recognition technology. Facial recognition technology is a growing concern, and the US House of Representatives Oversight and Government Reform Commission has held a hearing on facial recognition technology in January 2020.
'Face recognition technology has a serious impact on personal freedom and rights,' commented Carolyn Maloney , a member of the Commission, that facial recognition technology is still underdeveloped. 'We're trying to figure out what's going on. Let's not spread the problem first,' said Jim Jordan , a member of the Commission who also used facial recognition technology. Said a bill to suspend was drafted.
The danger of using face recognition technology is not limited to the United States. It has been reported that the European Union (EU) is considering temporarily banning the use of facial recognition technology in public places such as train stations, sports stadiums and shopping centers.
EU is considering banning use of face recognition technology in public places-gigazine
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