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Shane Farrell, Staff Attorney at the Legal Aid Society's Digital Forensics Unit, on Opposing the Use of Biometric Surveillance and Facial Recognition Technology

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      Farrell argues that biometric surveillance, especially facial recognition technology, erodes privacy rights and civil liberties of New Yorkers.

      • It diminishes citizens' democratic values and right to move freely without tracking
      • Facial recognition perpetuates racial biases, often failing to work on Black faces
      • It allows private businesses to discriminate using biased and racist technology
      • Unfettered use subjects all citizens to massive increase in surveillance
      • It erodes reasonable expectation of privacy protected by the Fourth Amendment