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Pressure is mounting on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to discontinue — or at least clarify — its relationship with Clearview AI, a controversial facial recognition company best known for scraping billions of images of people from social media sites. A coalition of nearly 70 immigrant rights, civil liberties and privacy groups called on the agency to “immediately stop” using the company’s technology in a letter sent to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Alejandro Mayorkas Sunday shows preview: Russia, US exchange sanctions; tensions over policing rise; vaccination campaign continues Hillicon Valley: Facebook Oversight board to rule on Trump ban in 'coming weeks' | Russia blocks Biden Cabinet officials in retaliation for sanctions Russia blocks key Biden Cabinet officials from entering in retaliation for sanctions MORE on Monday that was first shared with The Hill. Clearview AI provides software that can identify and provide … [Read more...] about Pressure mounts on DHS to stop using Clearview AI facial recognition

A coalition of 66 civil liberties, immigrant rights and privacy protection groups sent a letter Monday to the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, demanding the agency to “immediately stop” its contracts with a facial recognition company. “Clearview AI provides facial recognition services to law enforcement throughout the country, tied to a database of more than 3 billion biometric identifiers that the company has extracted from images scraped without permission from sites including Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn,” according to the letter . “This practice of extracting identifiers is a clear violation of privacy rights.” NEW: Clearview AI’s controversial facial recognition tool has been used by thousands of people at agencies across the country to search millions of Americans’ faces, everyone from protesters to friends and family (often with little oversight) https://t.co/bpxRrFvMVc — BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) April 6, … [Read more...] about Homeland Security Must ‘Immediately Stop’ Using Facial-Recognition AI, Civil Liberties Groups Say

Boston City Council unanimously voted Wednesday to ban the use of facial recognition technology by the city government. Multiple council members voiced concerns with how the surveillance software could be used to racially discriminate when searching for suspects, according to WBZ4. “Boston should not use racially discriminatory technology that threatens the privacy and basic rights of our residents,” City Councilor Michelle Wu said in a statement. Done–13-0 Vote! Thank you @ACLU_Mass @Join_SIM @UnafraidBTU & everyone who organized to protect Boston residents from racially discriminatory & invasive face surveillance technology cc: @RicardoNArroyo https://t.co/SrLUTYHh2Q — Michelle Wu 吳弭 (@wutrain) June 24, 2020 Councilor Ricardo Arroyo also said , “the technology is a particularly serious threat to Black and brown people.” This surveillance software has never been used by the Boston Police Department, so the bill is a preventative measure. … [Read more...] about Boston City Council Bans Facial Recognition Technology, Cites Racial Profiling Concerns

The PGA Tour is telling its players they will not have to be tested for the coronavirus if they are vaccinated, and those who aren’t will have to pay for their own tests starting this summer. In a memo sent to players Monday, the tour strongly encouraged them to get vaccinated. It stopped short of saying it would require players to be vaccinated to compete in tournaments. Players would be deemed inoculated 14 days after the full course of the vaccine. They would no longer be subject to testing for the coronavirus and, in accordance with CDC guidelines, would be able to gather in small groups without face coverings. Social distancing and face coverings still would be required at tournaments. Anyone who has been vaccinated and comes in close contact with someone who has tested positive for the virus would need to quarantine only if they have symptoms. Players have been subjected to testing since golf’s return last June, which was paid for by the tour. The testing operation will … [Read more...] about PGA Tour Plans to Make Non-Vaccinated Golfers Pay for COVID Test

A high-profile death penalty trial in the killing of an Adams County Sheriff’s deputy is going forward despite defense attorneys’ concerns for the health of their client, jurors and court personnel during the novel coronavirus pandemic. Public defenders for Dreion Dearing, 24, argued in court filings that jury selection should not go on as scheduled Friday without screening and testing procedures for the virus in place for prospective jurors. Dearing is accused of fatally shooting sheriff’s deputy Heath Gumm, 31, during a January 2018 chase. He is charged with first-degree murder and faces the death penalty if convicted , despite the state legislature’s vote to repeal the death sentence in cases filed on or after July 1. The bill has yet to be signed into law by Gov. Jared Polis. The repeal would not apply to Dearing’s case even if Polis signs the bill, which he is expected to do. Adams County District Court Judge Mark Warner denied the defense’s request for testing … [Read more...] about Court will not test potential jurors for coronavirus in Adams County death penalty case