New federal bill would restrict police use of facial recognition
The bill, known as the Facial Recognition Technology Warrant Act, would require federal law enforcement to explain to a judge why they want to use facial recognition to track someone in real time for longer than three days, and would limit that surveillance to 30 days. It also would require the judge to report the request to U.S. court administrators for tracking. And it would require law enforcement to work with government researchers to make sure the facial recognition systems they're using are accurate.
The bill only applies to federal law enforcement, not state and local police.
"It's an OK step," said Andrew Ferguson, a law professor at the University of the District of Columbia who has pressed lawmakers to regulate police use of facial recognition. "It addresses a problem that is not a problem yet, but it omits the problem that is currently in practice right now."
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