The Maryland General Assembly passed legislation that would hold law enforcement agencies accountable to facial recognition use requirements that would be the most stringent in the nation.

The St. Louis, Missouri, Board of Aldermen said Mayor Tishaura Jones' executive order isn't enough to create effective change on AI.

The Traveler Privacy Protection Act would put an end to a TSA facial recognition pilot program and prevent future experimentation without Congressional approval.

New York State Education Department Commissioner Betty Rosa said the advertised benefits of facial recognition technology don't justify its use.

Assembly members and civil rights activists said the bill has issues, but a committee passed it anyway, citing a current gap in regulation.

The U.S. Labor Department Office of Inspector General warned about bias in facial-recognition algorithms that state unemployment programs have used.

Some Montana lawmakers said they want to strike a balance between assisting law enforcement and protecting privacy.

“We’re not a biometric company,” said ID.me's Pete Eskew after Massachusetts' unemployment agency said it will stop using facial recognition.

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said she wants police to have access to facial recognition systems, one year after a ban was implemented.

A judge ruled that a December 2020 law suspending the use of facial recognition in schools rendered moot a case seeking stop a Buffalo-area district from using…