Defending Black Lives Means Banning Facial Recognition

Uprisings for racial justice are sweeping the country. Following the police murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and so many others, named and unnamed, America has finally reached its moment of reckoning. And politicians are starting to respond. That starts with banning facial recognition, a technology perfectly designed for the automation of racism. Tawana Petty is director of the Data Justice Program at Detroit Community Technology Project and co-leads the Our Data Bodies project.