Why President Biden should ban affective computing in federal law enforcement

Just last month, a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that thirteen federal law enforcement agencies are not tracking or providing guidance for the use of non-governmental facial recognition systems—only one agency was. Beyond federal agencies, a ban would also send a signa...

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Published inTechTank [BLOG]
Main Author Engler, Alex
Format Web Resource
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington The Brookings Institution 04.08.2021
Subjects
Algorithms
Automation
Bans
Biden, Joseph R Jr
Criminology
Deception
Eye movements
Facial recognition technology
Government agencies
Law enforcement
Software
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United States > US
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Summary:Just last month, a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that thirteen federal law enforcement agencies are not tracking or providing guidance for the use of non-governmental facial recognition systems—only one agency was. Beyond federal agencies, a ban would also send a signal to state and local law enforcement that the federal government believed the evidence does not justify using affective computing. Public policy in the United States is loath to implement the precautionary principle, in which a technology is banned before its harm is widely demonstrated, but the argument in this case is clear. Since affective computing is concerned with emotional and personality analysis, this ban would not prevent the use of speech-to-text transcription, weapon detection, or facial recognition.
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