Congress Is Investigating the Military’s Use of Facial Recognition

A letter to military secretaries shows that Congress has questions about how facial recognition technology is being used in the U.S. and abroad

Dave Gershgorn
OneZero
Published in
3 min readOct 4, 2019

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An active duty U.S. Army soldier watches a monitor while manning a high-res surveillance camera near the U.S.-Mexico border fence (reflected), on September 10, 2019 in Penitas, Texas. Photo: John Moore/Getty Images

TThe House Committee on Oversight and Reform is officially investigating military and private-sector use of facial…

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Dave Gershgorn
OneZero

Senior Writer at OneZero covering surveillance, facial recognition, DIY tech, and artificial intelligence. Previously: Qz, PopSci, and NYTimes.