Vermont lawmakers approve ban on facial recognition technology

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Published: Oct. 13, 2020 at 6:51 PM EDT
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BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - As the Vermont Legislature closed out its session for the year, it passed what is considered the nation’s strongest statewide ban on law enforcement’s use of facial recognition technology.

Darren Perron spoke with Jay Diaz with the Vermont ACLU and Claire Garvey, a senior associate at Georgetown University Center on Privacy and Technology, who has studied facial recognition.

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