Oakland could become the third US city after San Francisco and Somerville, Massachusetts to ban the use of facial recognition software. Oakland became the third city in the country to pass a facial recognition software ban, after San Francisco passed a ban in May and Somerville, Massachusetts, in June. Photograph: A second vote on the plan will take place on 17 September. The technology's inaccuracy, a lack of standards and the potential for abuse were cited as among the risks of using facial recognition software in a report by City Council President Rebecca Kaplan.
Oakland could become the third US city after San Francisco and Somerville, Massachusetts to ban the use of facial recognition software. Photograph: A second vote on the plan will take place on 17 September. The technology's inaccuracy, a lack of standards and the potential for abuse were cited as among the risks of using facial recognition software in a report by City Council President Rebecca Kaplan.