{"id":1696,"date":"2023-03-07T13:32:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T18:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-wyden-colleagues-introduce-legislation-to-ban-government-use-of-facial-recognition-and-other-biometric-technology\/"},"modified":"2023-08-28T14:12:33","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T18:12:33","slug":"merkley-wyden-colleagues-introduce-legislation-to-ban-government-use-of-facial-recognition-and-other-biometric-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-wyden-colleagues-introduce-legislation-to-ban-government-use-of-facial-recognition-and-other-biometric-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley, Wyden y colegas presentan legislaci\u00f3n para prohibir el uso gubernamental del reconocimiento facial y otras tecnolog\u00edas biom\u00e9tricas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined colleagues in introducing the Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act. <\/i>This legislation would prevent the government from using facial recognition and other biometric technologies which pose significant privacy and civil liberties issues and disproportionately harm marginalized communities.<\/p>\n

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“Law enforcement and government’s use of facial recognition technology has resulted in reports of discriminatory outcomes that have ripped innocent people away from their lives, locking them up in jail,” dijo el senador Merkley.<\/b> “Between the risks of sliding into a surveillance state and the dangers of perpetuating discrimination, this technology creates more problems than solutions. Every American who values their right to privacy, stands against discrimination, and believes people are innocent until proven guilty should be concerned. Enacting a federal moratorium on this technology is critical to ensure our communities are protected from inappropriate surveillance.”<\/p>\n

“Smart policies give Americans both privacy and security. But facial recognition systems run a proven risk of costing Americans their fundamental rights, without making us safer,” dijo Wyden.<\/b> “This legislation would help to balance the scales of justice by preventing an overzealous government from overreaching with a technology that’s proven to land hardest on people of color.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

El Ley de moratoria de tecnolog\u00eda biom\u00e9trica y reconocimiento facial <\/i>responds<\/a> to reports that hundreds of local, state and federal agencies, including law enforcement, have expanded their use of facial recognition technologies while multiple Black men have been arrestado injustamente<\/a> based on a false facial recognition match, including a recent case<\/a> in Maryland. Investigaci\u00f3n<\/a> shows nearly half of U.S. adults’ faces exist in facial recognition databases and that the faces of Black and Asian individuals are up to 100 times more likely<\/a> to be misidentified than white male faces.<\/p>\n

El Ley de moratoria de tecnolog\u00eda biom\u00e9trica y reconocimiento facial <\/i>har\u00eda:<\/p>\n