Why Facial-Recognition Technology Can Be So Biased

The authors of a recent report explain how their findings have reignited a conversation about surveillance and over-policed communities.

The authors of a recent report explain how their findings have reignited a conversation about surveillance and over-policed communities.

It's been widely known for quite some time that police departments across the U.S. use facial recognition technology as one of their tools to catch criminal suspects. But it wasn't until Tuesday, however—when researchers at Georgetown Law School's Center of Privacy and Technology dropped their sprawling report, "The Perpetual Line-Up"—that many of us realized just how biased and far-reaching the implementation of the technology is.

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