Evan Greer (she/her), Director of Fight for the Future
“Any lawmaker who fails to support this moratorium legislation, to at least put a pause on the spread of this technology while we have a conversation about its impact on our society, is actively supporting the erosion of our basic human and constitutional rights.”
Endorsers of the Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act include: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Electronic Frontier Foundation, Fight for the Future, Color of Change, MediaJustice, Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), Free Press, Jewish Voice for Peace, MPower Change, the Athena Coalition, Project on Government Oversight, Georgetown University Law Center’s Center on Privacy & Technology, and New America’s Open Technology Institute, Campaign for Commercial Free Childhood, Surveillance Technology Oversight Project, Amnesty International USA, Restore The Fourth, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, LGBT Technology Partnership and Institute, Public Citizen, Center for Digital Democracy, Council on American- Islamic Relations, CenterLink: The Community of LGBT Centers, Defending Rights & Dissent, Montgomery County Civil Rights Coalition, Detroit Community Technology Project, Black Alliance for Just Immigration, Muslim Justice League, Joy Buolamwini (Algorithmic Bias Researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Founder of The Algorithmic Justice League), Upturn, and Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC. In addition to Merkley and Wyden, this legislation is cosponsored by Senators Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), along with Representatives Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-07), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-07) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-13). n
– Evan Greer
federal government’s use of this dangerous and invasive technology.” “Facial recognition poses a significant threat to our democracy and privacy. Facial recognition technology has been shown time and time again to be biased, inaccurate, and disproportionately harmful to people of color. The Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act of 2021 would effectively ban law enforcement use of this dangerous technology. EPIC is proud to support it,” said Caitriona Fitzgerald, Deputy Director, Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC).
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