San Francisco 's state “If you were going to deploy cameras all over a particular city, you would have a significant public process. The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation has passed a bill imposing a three years moratorium on facial recognition technology in police body cameras. The bill, which requires state assembly approval and the governor's signature to become law, prohibits the use of real-time facial recognition algorithms and subsequent forensic analysis of footage, though technology which redacts faces is exempt. Critics said firms could spend three years improving their algorithms. Oakland is also mulling a state-wide moratorium, while Oakland and Oakland have banned government use of facial recognition.
San Francisco 's state The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation has passed a bill imposing a three years moratorium on facial recognition technology in police body cameras. The bill, which requires state assembly approval and the governor's signature to become law, prohibits the use of real-time facial recognition algorithms and subsequent forensic analysis of footage, though technology which redacts faces is exempt. Critics said firms could spend three years improving their algorithms. Oakland is also mulling a state-wide moratorium, while Oakland and Oakland have banned government use of facial recognition.