How Grassroots Coalition Beat Facial Recognition in New Orleans
Last December, the city of New Orleans voted to ban facial recognition, joining Oakland, Somerville, Portland, San Francisco, and other cities that have successfully pushed back against the widely-criticized surveillance technology.
Across the US, various nonprofits and politicians have opposed police use of facial recognition, predictive policing, and other technologies which are known to disproportionately target communities of color.
Full article: How Musicians and Sex Workers Beat Facial Recognition in New Orleans
