Channel: Amnesty International

Category: News & Politics

Tags: international''amnestyaiis'humanrights'amnesty

Description: Take action: Tell the NYPD to reject the use of facial recognition technology - banthescan.amnesty.org Facial recognition software identifies individuals by their face, among millions of images in a database. It has been used 22,000 times in New York City, since 2017. Facial recognition technology can amplify racially discriminatory policing and threatens the right to protest. The technology is developed through scraping millions of images from social media profiles without permission. Black and minority communities are at risk of being misidentified and falsely arrested – in some instances, facial recognition has been 95% inaccurate. Even when it “works”, it can exacerbate discriminatory policing and prevent the free and safe exercise of peaceful assembly, by acting as a tool of mass surveillance. Facebook: facebook.com/amnestyglobal Twitter: twitter.com/amnesty Instagram: instagram.com/amnesty For more about Changemakers: youtube.com/playlist?list... #nypd #surveillance #humanrights