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Earlier this year, Amnesty International announced its "Ban
the Scan" campaign in New York City. It warns that
"[f]acial recognition technology can amplify racially
discriminatory policing" and that "Black and minority
communities are at risk of being misidentified and falsely
arrested—in some instances, facial recognition has been 95%
inaccurate."
1 The organization is asking New York
residents to contact the New York Police Department and the New
York City Council about banning facial recognition technology.
Amnesty is also on the steering committee of the Campaign to Stop