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Facial Recognition Pilot in Bahia Reportedly Targeted Black and Poor People
Facial recognition deployed in a pilot project by the local government of Bahia despite having minimal hit rate reportedly targeted Black and poor people disproportionately.
- Date it happened
- 2018-12-01
- Organisation involved
- the government in Bahia, Bahia's Secretary of Public Security
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