Porsha Woodruff thought the police who showed up at her door to arrest her for carjacking were joking. She is the first woman known to be wrongfully accused as a result of facial recognition technology.
The new law bans warrantless facial recognition surveillance in Montana in most situations, and places general limits on the use of facial recognition technology by government agencies.
On, Tuesday, a California Senate committee passed a bill that would extend a temporary ban on police use of facial recognition and biometric scanners with police officer cameras for three more years.