King County Council Vice Chair Jeanne Kohl-Welles announced Wednesday she will not seek reelection and retire after more than 30 years in elected office.
by Matt Baume • May 6, 2021 at 1:40 pm
Facial recognition software once told me my closest celebrity match was the face you see when you look at an electrical outlet, so yes I m skeptical filadendron / getty Images
King County officials are considering a law that would prevent law enforcement from gobbling up pictures of your face, storing it in a giant database, and using facial recognition software to identify suspects in part because facial recognition technology is faulty and racist, but also because council members find the whole thing super-duper creepy.
“I’m getting more and more concerned about infringements on my privacy,” said King County Councilmember Jeanne Kohl-Welles when reached for comment. “Going to a store, and there are cameras, and they have tapes of our faces and who knows what they use it for.”