Clearview AI‘s facial recognition database now has 30 billion images, according to CEO Hoan Ton-That. It’s the latest illustration of the platform’s rapid – and massive – scaling, with Clearview […]

Innovatrics’ facial recognition tool for video surveillance can now be accessed through its ABIS web application, the company has announced. The development comes after a major SmartFace upgrade near the […]

About two years ago, amid mass protests directed at police abuses and racial injustice, the city of New Orleans banned the use of facial recognition by law enforcement. And now, […]

The New York Police Department will soon have to release thousands of documents pertaining to its use of facial recognition to monitor Black Lives Matter protests, according to a legal […]

Montana’s law enforcement agencies are trying to secure their access to facial recognition. The state is currently considering a draft version of a new biometric data protection bill that would […]

HID Global’s RAPID ID fingerprint capture system has officially been cleared for use in the state of Florida. The certification comes courtesy of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), […]

The Technology and Innovation Commission in Long Beach, California, has formalized its request for a police facial recognition ban. The Commission has been looking into the Long Beach Police Department’s […]

The first six months of 2022 are now in the books. That means that it’s the perfect time to take another look at the state of the facial recognition industry. […]

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is emphasizing the need for transparency in government facial recognition programs. To that end, the organization has published a new report that tracks the use […]

With privacy and government surveillance being increasingly salient issues in the discussion around biometric technologies, industry stakeholders may be overlooking the importance of political partisanship in the discourse, suggests a […]