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Banning The Racial Bias Of Technology

There are also concerns it chills speech.

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Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day!

According to the ACLU, which American city is the largest to ban face recognition?

Hint: Yesterday, Boston (the second largest city to ban the tech) lawmakers voted to ban the technology because of studies showing it is inaccurate in identifying people of color. Boston Councilor Ricardo Arroyo said, “It has an obvious racial bias and that’s dangerous. But it also has sort of a chilling effect on civil liberties. And so, in a time where we’re seeing so much direct action in the form of marches and protests for rights, any kind of surveillance technology that could be used to essentially chill free speech or … more or less monitor activism or activists is dangerous.”

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