Senator Al Franken grills FBI, Facebook, and others on facial recognition technology
Senator Al Franken, chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law, prodded witnesses today in a hearing on facial recognition technology, making pointed remarks about the potential of abuse by law enforcement officials and private corporations. Franken questioned FBI representative Jerome Pender on the possibility of abuse by law enforcement of the FBI’s national facial recognition service at events like political rallies — the senator says that the FBI pilot “could be abused to identify protesters at rallies, and target them for selective jailing.” While Pender assured the subcommittee that facial recognition is only used for appropriate “criminal justice purposes,” other witnesses, like the EFF’s Jennifer… Continue reading…
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Senator Al Franken grills FBI, Facebook, and others on facial recognition technology
