Description: New York Police Department’s use of facial recognition deployment of surveillance cameras were shown using crowdsourced volunteer data reinforcing discriminatory policing against minority communities.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: unknown developed an AI system deployed by New York Police Department, which harmed racial minorities.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
472
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2016-10-08
Editors
Khoa Lam
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amnesty.org · 2022
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New Yorkers living in areas at greater risk of stop-and-frisk by police are also more exposed to invasive facial recognition technology, new research by Amnesty International and partners has revealed.
New analysis as part of the global Ban…
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