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Dec 22 5:17 pm
  • facial recognition

Commissioner accuses city staff of undermining push to ban facial recognition technology

Jason Ruiz

City commissioners and city management are at odds over what Long Beach should do about facial recognition technology, with two advisory bodies saying it should be paused or banned and city management saying the city is already taking steps to safeguard residents’ privacy.

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Sep 8 9:07 am
  • facial recognition

City commission modifies its call for ban on use of police surveillance technology

Anthony Pignataro

The Equity & Human Relations Commission is no longer asking for the creation of a community oversight commission to monitor future developments in police surveillance, saying such a body would do more harm than good.

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Jul 6 4:36 pm
  • facial recognition

Technology commission formally asks city for moratorium on facial recognition technology

Anthony Pignataro

“While some populations are being harmed by this technology at higher rates than others, all residents lose when government deploys emerging technology in an indiscriminate and secretive manner,” states the commission’s final white paper on facial recognition tech that sums up the panel’s thinking.

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Jun 1 10:01 am
  • facial recognition

UPDATE: Equity commission recommends ban on some police surveillance technologies

Anthony Pignataro

A draft letter from the Equity and Human Relations Commission says, in part, “that racist technology cannot be reformed, it must be banned altogether.”

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Mar 23 5:06 pm
  • facial recognition

Technology commission calls for moratorium on city’s use of facial recognition technology

Anthony Pignataro

“While some populations are being harmed by this technology at higher rates than others, all residents lose when government deploys emerging technology in an indiscriminate and secretive manner,” states a January 2022 white paper on facial recognition tech that sums up the thinking of the commission.

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Jul 29 2021 4:10 pm
  • facial recognition

City commission questions LBPD on its use of facial recognition technology

Jeremiah Dobruck

Some members of Long Beach’s Technology and Innovation Commission said they think the city should ban police from using facial recognition.

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Jul 23 2021 6:12 pm
  • facial recognition

LBPD already uses facial recognition technology, but a fight’s brewing over whether it should

Jeremiah Dobruck

Facial recognition technology has become a hot-button issue in Long Beach. Some city commissioners are arguing the LBPD should stop using it.

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