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Facial recognition is increasingly common, but how does it work?

  • Written by Jessica Gabel Cino, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Law, Georgia State University
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The Trump administration’s efforts to impose new immigration rules drew attention – and legal fire – for its restrictions on the ability of people born in certain majority Muslim countries to enter the U.S. In the frenzy of concern, an obscure piece of the...

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