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Half of U.S. adults are profiled in police facial recognition databases
The use of police photo databases raises questions about a lack of regulation and the accuracy of results.
States in dark blue use drivers license photos in police facial recognition databases. States in light blue use criminal mug shots. Red dots represent other jurisdictions using facial recognition. Credit: Center on Privacy & Technology, Georgetown Law
Photographs of nearly half of all U.S. adults—117 million people—are collected in police facial recognition databases across the country with little regulation over how the networks are searched and used, according to a new study.
Along with a lack of regulation, critics question the accuracy of facial recognition algorithms. Meanwhile, state, city, and federal facial recognition databases include 48 percent of U.S. adults, said the report from the Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law.
