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Civil society orgs call for ban on law enforcement use of facial recognition tech

Briefs | 07/08/2020 3:35 pm EDT

Some 31 different civil society organizations have signed an open letter to Public Safety Minister Bill Blair calling for a ban on the use of facial recognition technologies by Canadian law enforcement and intelligence agencies.

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