The legislation would require law enforcement agencies to get a warrant “to engage in ongoing surveillance, to conduct real-time or near real-time identification, or to start persistent tracking” using facial recognition or artificial intelligence with just a few exceptions. This would effectively ban the use of facial recognition technology to scan crowds, streets, or neighborhoods.
Today, an Alabama Senate committee passed a bill that would place limits on law enforcement use of facial recognition. The proposed law would not only help protect privacy in Alabama; it could also hinder one aspect of the federal surveillance state.
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A bill filed in the New Hampshire House would effectively ban government facial recognition databases in the state. The growing movement to prohibit the use of facial recognition at the state and local levels could hinder the operation of a growing national facial recognition network.
The legislation would tighten restrictions on the use of facial recognition passed in a police reform bill last year. Under the proposed law, public agencies and public officials would be prohibited from accessing, possessing, using, or assisting with the use of any biometric surveillance system, absent an express authorization in state law, which currently doesn't exist