The IRS directed 7 million Americans to sign up with ID.me face scan service, according to congressional letter

The letter follows years of controversy over the government's expanding use of facial recognition software, despite warnings from the General Services Administration that the face-scanning technology has too many problems to justify its use. In 2019, House lawmakers held a series of hearings on the impact of the technology, and the ways that it can discriminate against women and people of color.