The New Orleans City Council overturned a ban on the use of facial recognition by the police.
Celebrating the move, Mayor LaToya Cantrell gave a statement, saying that facial recognition “represents a tremendous stride towards greater public safety”, and that the technology will “take dangerous criminals off our streets”.
The city council overturned the ban, rejecting arguments by critics that the technology is biased and that denies people anonymity in public.
However, two councilors did not vote in favor of overturning the ban because an amendment that would have protected some communities and required accountability on the use of the technology was denied.
The amendment would have prohibited the use of facial recognition to identify those seeking abortions and required reports on the effectiveness of the technology....
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