Baltimore City Council Advances Extreme Ban on Facial Recognition Tech for Personal, Business Use
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Proposed ordinance would criminalize use of common consumer products Unfortunately, an outright ban on facial recognition continues a distressing pattern in which the clear value of this technology is ignored. In such cases, it is local businesses and residents who stand to lose the most. – SIA CEO Don Erickson SILVER SPRING, Md. (PRWEB) May 27, 2021 The Baltimore City Council’s Public Safety & Government Operations Committee moved on May 26, 2021, to advance a proposal that would ban nearly all applications of facial recognition technology in the city. Prior to the vote, the Security Industry Association (SIA) and other leading technology and business groups wrote a letter to the committee expressing concerns about the profound negative impact of the measure for residents of Baltimore. Important