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…

The county, which includes Seattle, became the first county government to institute an outright ban on the controversial surveillance technology.

Travelers whose body temperatures set off thermal cameras at the state's airports will have their pictures taken so they can be pulled aside for further screening.

Worcester officials approved the use of software that uses automated data analysis to direct when and where police patrols visit certain neighborhoods.