"New Orleans is the first US city with real-time facial recognition: If you're wanted and walk past one of the system's cameras, it could flag you. The twist: it's a private system, and even though the new mayor and police chief are at odds about facial recognition, this non-profit says it's able to establish its own "guard-rails" as it feeds real-time tips to the police, side-stepping the debate about government regulation and privacy."
"The twist: it's a private system, and even though the new mayor and police chief are at odds about facial recognition, this non-profit says it's able to establish its own "guard-rails" as it feeds real-time tips to the police, side-stepping the debate about government regulation and privacy."
New Orleans operates the first US real-time public facial recognition system capable of flagging wanted individuals as they pass system cameras and sending immediate alerts to police. A private nonprofit runs the system and provides real-time tips directly to law enforcement while claiming to establish its own guard-rails and usage limits. The city’s new mayor and police chief hold opposing views on facial recognition, creating local political tension. Private operation effectively sidesteps direct government regulation and public-policy debates, raising questions about accountability, transparency, civil liberties, potential misidentifications, and the sufficiency of nonprofit-imposed safeguards.
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