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Human rights activists urge the US government to ban police from using face recognition technology.
Face recognition systems used by law enforcement agencies can malfunction and lead to erroneous arrests. An example is the case of African-American Robert Williams (Robert Williams) arrested on the threshold of his house on false charges.
As reportedMichigan State Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Michigan police arrested Williams on the basis that the face recognition system "caught" him stealing watches from a store. The problem is, says ACLU, that facial recognition systems very poorly recognize people of the black race. The only thing that Williams and the real suspect had in common was that they are both large black men.
After the man spent the night in the cell, he was sent for interrogation. During interrogation, Williams was shown an image of a thief captured by a video surveillance camera installed in the store. It was from this image that the face recognition system "recognized" in Williams' thief. Looking at the image and at the man they detained, the police saw the difference and said that the computer must have been mistaken.
“I never thought that I would have to explain to my daughters why their dad was arrested. How can one explain to two little girls that the computer was wrong, but the police still believed him? ”Williams said.
The Michigan State ACLU sued Detroit police and called on the U.S. government to prohibit law enforcement from using face recognition technology.
Recall that earlier this month, the ACLU talked about Microsoft's attempts in 2017 to sell its face recognition system to the US Drug Enforcement Administration. However, now Microsoft, along with IBM and Amazon, is opposed to the use of face recognition technology by law enforcement agencies.
Face recognition systems used by law enforcement agencies can malfunction and lead to erroneous arrests. An example is the case of African-American Robert Williams (Robert Williams) arrested on the threshold of his house on false charges.
As reportedMichigan State Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Michigan police arrested Williams on the basis that the face recognition system "caught" him stealing watches from a store. The problem is, says ACLU, that facial recognition systems very poorly recognize people of the black race. The only thing that Williams and the real suspect had in common was that they are both large black men.
After the man spent the night in the cell, he was sent for interrogation. During interrogation, Williams was shown an image of a thief captured by a video surveillance camera installed in the store. It was from this image that the face recognition system "recognized" in Williams' thief. Looking at the image and at the man they detained, the police saw the difference and said that the computer must have been mistaken.
“I never thought that I would have to explain to my daughters why their dad was arrested. How can one explain to two little girls that the computer was wrong, but the police still believed him? ”Williams said.
The Michigan State ACLU sued Detroit police and called on the U.S. government to prohibit law enforcement from using face recognition technology.
Recall that earlier this month, the ACLU talked about Microsoft's attempts in 2017 to sell its face recognition system to the US Drug Enforcement Administration. However, now Microsoft, along with IBM and Amazon, is opposed to the use of face recognition technology by law enforcement agencies.