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Bring on the technology bans!

  • Written by Kentaro Toyama, W. K. Kellogg Professor of Community Information, University of Michigan
Is there still time to reach the 'off' button?Raul Topan/Shutterstock.com

In mid-July 2019, Oakland, California, became the third U.S. city to ban municipal departments from using facial recognition technology. Meanwhile, Congress began hearings on whether and how to regulate it on a national level. In a surprising moment of bipartisan consensus,...

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