New York to Bar Facial Recognition Tech in Schools
The bill, sponsored by Assemblywoman Monica P. Wallace, would require the Lockport City School District to turn off the 300 digital cameras it installed to feed images to facial recognition software in its buildings. by Thomas J. Prohaska, The Buffalo News / December 23, 2020 Shutterstock/Scharfsinn
New York schools is now illegal, after Gov.
Andrew M. Cuomo
signed a temporary ban on their use Tuesday.
The bill, sponsored by Assemblywoman
Monica P. Wallace
, D-
Cheektowaga, would require the
Lockport City School District to turn off the 300 digital cameras it installed to feed images to facial recognition software in its buildings.
New York temporarily bans facial recognition in schools
It comes after a civil liberties group sued the education department for letting a school district install the technology. Listen - 01:05
Facial recognition can t be used in New York schools until July 2022. James Martin/CNET
New York suspended the use of facial recognition in schools, as Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday signed a bill that bans biometric tech in schools until July 2022. It directs the state to study whether its use is appropriate in schools, and issue recommendations.
New York is the first state to ban the tech s use in public and private schools, Forbes noted. The legislation focuses on the tech s replication of biases based on race and gender.
UPDATE: Lockport school district will follow new law barring facial recognition [Niagara Gazette, Niagara Falls, N.Y.]
Dec. 23 Lockport City School District is barred, at least for a while, from using its facial recognition-based surveillance system under legislation signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday.
The newly enacted legislation imposes a moratorium on the purchase and use of biometric identifying technology in schools until at least July 1, 2022, or until a report is completed and the state Education Commissioner authorizes their use, whichever is later.
The moratorium applies to both public and private schools in New York state and covers the state-funded, multi-million-dollar Aegis software-powered facial and object recognition system that was activated by the Lockport district on Jan. 2.
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UPDATE: Lockport school district will follow new law barring facial recognition tech [Lockport Union-Sun & Journal, N.Y.]
Dec. 23 Lockport City School District is barred, at least for a while, from using its facial recognition-based surveillance system under legislation signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday.
The newly enacted legislation imposes a moratorium on the purchase and use of biometric identifying technology in schools until at least July 1, 2022, or until a report is completed and the state Education Commissioner authorizes their use, whichever is later.
The moratorium applies to both public and private schools in New York state and covers the state-funded, multi-million-dollar Aegis software-powered facial and object recognition system that was activated by the Lockport district on Jan. 2.