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Ed Markey: “Facial recognition and other biometric technologies in the hands of government agencies have become tools of…”

On the recordSeptember 26, 2026
Facial recognition and other biometric technologies in the hands of government agencies have become tools of authoritarianism.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Senator Markey discusses the dangers of biometric technology.

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