Grappling with various concerns over the accuracy, use and accelerating rollout of facial recognition technology, Democratic and Republican leaders on a House committee plan to introduce legislation soon related to the technology. The forthcoming bill that Democrats are working on will be “comprehensive,” Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), chairwoman of the Oversight and Reform Committee, said at the outset of a hearing exploring private sector uses of facial recognition technology. The bill and its markup are coming in the “near future”…
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