On Wednesday, local time, Portland, Maine, the United States voted to pass a law banning the use of facial recognition technology by police and municipal agencies, which will not be revoked within five years. If local police perform facial recognition scans on ordinary citizens, they will be fined at least $1,000.
It is reported that voters in Portland passed this voting initiative to support the prohibition of facial recognition by city management agencies.
In August, the city council voted to pass a preliminary ban. Wednesday’s vote replaced the ban with more powerful measures, which cannot be revoked for at least five years.
The proposal was filed earlier this year, and a series of other improvements in the proposal include a minimum wage of $15 and new restrictions on rent increases.
The new ban on facial recognition also adds specific penalties. If the Portland police or municipal agency violates the law, they will be fined at least $1,000. Municipal employees who violate this law may face dismissal or suspension of work. However, the use of facial recognition technology in the private sector is not affected.
After Boston, San Francisco, and Oregon, Portland is the latest city to ban the use of facial recognition technology. In June of this year, some Democrats in Congress introduced a bill that would implement a similar ban at the federal level to prohibit all federal law enforcement agencies from using facial recognition technology.
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