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Yvette Clarke: facial recognition technology that routinely misidentify women and people of color don't make us safer; they make us…

On the recordJuly 9, 2019
facial recognition technology that routinely misidentify women and people of color don't make us safer; they make us less safe.
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Yvette Clarke
Democratic · New York

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Clarke argues that flawed facial recognition technology increases risks rather than enhances safety.

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