Behind the Campaign to Ban Facial Recognition Technology on Campus

Facial recognition technology is still in its infancy. But its uses throughout American life and education institutions have been growing at an accelerating rate in recent years. Two advocacy groups—Fight for the Future and Students for Sensible Drug Policy—teamed up this week to launch a campaign to stop the spread of facial recognition software on college campuses.

So far, Fight for the Future and SSDP have reached out to 40 colleges asking whether or not they use facial recognition technology and if they have plans to do so in the future. Schools like Columbia University answered in the negative. Others, such as San Francisco University, Hampshire College, and Michigan State University, say they tried facial recognition out, but they have decided to discontinue its use. The advocacy groups hope that, by securing these statements from colleges and universities, it will dissuade developers from pursuing further applications of the technology.

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