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Breaking: It will be illegal for nearly all Virginia law enforcement agencies to use facial recognition technology starting July 1.
Both chambers of the General Assembly today accepted @GovernorVA Ralph Northam& #39;s technical amendment to @delegateaird& #39;s bill, House Bill 2031, which means it will become law.
HB 2031 will outlaw police departments, sheriff& #39;s offices, etc. from using facial recognition technology unless the General Assembly passes a law specifically allowing them to do so AND the agency has "exclusive control" over it.
No law enforcement agency I know of has "exclusive control" over the facial recognition technology they& #39;ve used; it just doesn& #39;t work that way. That& #39;s why Del. Lashrecse Aird, D-Petersburg, called her legislation a "de facto ban."
That means, come July 1, law enforcement agencies can& #39;t use Clearview AI and the like.
The ban won& #39;t include Virginia State Police ( @VSPPIO), who wrongly told both @virginianpilot (i.e. me) and Aird it hadn& #39;t used Clearview or any other facial recognition program
But its investigators had (see our story below) https://www.pilotonline.com/government/virginia/vp-nw-virginia-state-police-clearview-20210330-zqgok5644vewhjyoaozdjibi7u-story.html">https://www.pilotonline.com/governmen...
But its investigators had (see our story below) https://www.pilotonline.com/government/virginia/vp-nw-virginia-state-police-clearview-20210330-zqgok5644vewhjyoaozdjibi7u-story.html">https://www.pilotonline.com/governmen...
After we exposed the State Police, Aird said she was scrambling to get the governor& #39;s office to include a last-minute amendment that would have included the State Police. But the governor& #39;s suggested changes included no such amendment.
We& #39;ve covered how law enforcement in Hampton Roads and Virginia have used Clearview for months. You can find our stories about it below. https://www.pilotonline.com/government/local/vp-nw-clearview-facial-recognition-norfolk-police-20200909-pcuvhkos5rhmzbhkzthsnlex4m-story.html">https://www.pilotonline.com/governmen...
https://www.pilotonline.com/government/virginia/vp-nw-facial-recognition-bill-20210116-qokfgxlcivf3rccvoufdsi2c3e-story.html">https://www.pilotonline.com/governmen...
https://www.pilotonline.com/government/virginia/vp-nw-clearview-facial-recognition-bill-20210224-opnslurppzglnhgocnfsypjlsu-story.html">https://www.pilotonline.com/governmen...
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