Author: Jo Facklam

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It’s Time to End the 1033 Program

Last week we launched a campaign to pressure members of the House Armed Services Committee to include an amendment from Reps. Veronica Escobar (D-Texas) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) in the National Defense Authorization Act. This amendment would have effectively ended the transfer of military equipment to local police departments—a practice that is common through something […]

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Retail Use of FRT is Problematic as Ever

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Private retailer use of facial recognition technology has been in the news lately, with a story out of Detroit of a young Black girl being ejected from a private business due to a FRT misidentification. Lamya Robinson was kicked out of a roller skating rink after facial recognition technology that the business was using “identified” […]