The Massachusetts Senate is set to approve legislation Thursday that would make the state the first in the nation to ban law enforcement use of facial recognition technology.
An omnibus police reform bill (S. 2800) would place a moratorium on the technology until at least Dec. 31, 2021, when a task force would make recommendations about regulating it or permanently banning it.
The Democratic-controlled Senate’s vote will come on the heels of similar moratoriums and bans in Boston and other Massachusetts communities and in San Francisco, which in May 2019 became the first major city to take such an action. ...
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