Facial Recognition Technology offers our society both promise and peril. This extols the potential benefits of modernized policing, safer borders and ultimately, a more efficient promote Justice System. At the same time, Facial Recognition systems have clear potential for misuse and have found to be inaccurate at identifying certain groups of people. Moreover, the technology and how it has been used in prosecution raises constitutional concerns that call into question the basic tenets of fairness and due process, underpinning all criminal prosecutions. The criminal consequences implicated by these darker elements werent closer examination by this body. Congress has found itself at a disadvantage. The information on how Law Enforcement agencies have adopted facial Recognition Technology remains underreported or nonexistent. Today, we are beginning facial Recognition Technology out of the shadows and into the light. This dialogue must start with a simple question about whether this techn
Underway. [captions copyright national Cable Satellite Corp. 2021] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its Caption Content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] you may unmute yourself any time seek recognition. I will now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. As i said, good Morning And Welcome to a very important hearing, one that i hope will generate not only an understanding but as i will ask a number of witnesses, legislative fixes that may be relevant and important in this rise of technology against a document that has been a living document of a century and that is the constitution of the United States of america. Like many other leaps forward in technology, Facial Recognition offers our Society Promise and peril. Proponents extol the potential benefits of policing, greater certainty in Law Enforcement, safer orders and ultimately come a more efficient criminal Justice System. At the same time, Facial Recognition systems have clea
About her Weekend Werent still to come first, though, on over to erica. Well go back to Work Today for a few more people may be. And how are the roads . Looking good so far john. Heres a look outside of the golden gate bridge. Just a couple cars that were moving through. I dont see any issues. No hot spots yet on the one o one all the way down to the peninsula. South bay as well as up in the North Bay. As for the 6. 80 here going southbound looking good as well. The 13 Minute Drive time from dublin to fremont and then heres a another Traffic Update just 11 minutes from Walnut Creek to the 5. 80. If youre taking a westbound, 24 this morning. So heres a look at some of our other drive times around the Bay Area. If youre taking the 17 from Santa Cruz to los gatos. No issues there in either direction right now should take you about 21 minutes this morning. Back to you. All right. Thank you, erica, for 31 is the time happening today. Theres a critical Workshop Plan to review the oakland as
At 10pm, Sophie Raworth will be here with a full round up of the days news. Before that, newscast. Laura, shall we do that old thing of which character from friends are you . But do it with chris mason, who has still never seen a single episode . What, still . Still . Well, i suppose he has been quite busy in the last few years. Yeah, have i missed this new one as well . Has that been and gone already . You would not have a clue who any of the people are or what theyre talking about. No. Has it been on, though . It was on today, wasnt it . Yeah. Well, its streaming, so it is on all the time. 0h. Right. This is one of those newfangled, all the kids are doing it that way. Didnt exist when friends first existed in 1996. No but chris, you still havent watched any of it . No, i havent. Maybe illjust watch this new one and just. Thats it, ill be caught up, wont i, in one go . Well, luckily, us political geeks had the one with Dominic Cummings this week, which was a special seven hour long re