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Skating Rink’s Facial Recognition Cameras Misidentified Black Teenager as Banned Troublemaker
A Black teenager living in Livonia, Michigan was incorrectly stopped from entering a roller skating rink after its facial-recognition cameras misidentified her as another person who had been previously banned for starting a skirmish with other skaters.
- Date it happened
- 2021-07-10
- Organisation involved
- Riverside Arena Skating Rink
- Product, system or model
- facial recognition software
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