Portland bans facial recognition tech use by cops, officials - Express Computer

The US city of Portland, Maine on Wednesday voted to ban the use of facial recognition by police and city officials. The Bangor Daily News reported that voters passed a ballot initiative "bolstering a ban on facial recognition by city agencies". The initiative follows a city council vote in August, which put a preliminary ban in place as an ordinance. The citizens are entitled to a minimum of $1,000 in fines if they are subjected to a facial recognition scan by police. Portland joins Boston, San Francisco; Portland, Oregon and the city of Oakland in Northern California in banning the use of facial recognition technology by the authorities.