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San Francisco Bans Facial Recognition Technology

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San Francisco's board of supervisors voted on Tuesday to ban the use of facial recognition technology by city agencies and police. The ban is part of a larger policy to give San Francisco control over the kind of surveillance technology used in the city. Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson gets the latest from KQED's Rachael Myrow (@rachaelmyrow).

This segment aired on May 15, 2019.

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