San Francisco's facial recognition ban is just the beginning of a national battle over the technology.
Opponents of facial recognition believe they have built a model to fight the technology. It is rooted in a movement that began six years ago in Oakland, California, in response to discovery of the city’s plans to create a massive surveillance network of video cameras, gunshot detectors and license plate readers.
Matt Cagle, an attorney at the ACLU of Northern California, was among the leaders of the campaign to ban facial recognition in San Francisco, which began last fall. Although the city is a hub for the nation’s technology industry, it also has a history of advocacy for civil liberties. A varied group of community organizations — representing immigrants, the LGBTQ community, Muslims, Asian Americans, the homeless and defense lawyers — joined the effort.
“I understand that some may view this as an extreme step,” said Ben Ewen-Campen, the Somerville city councilor who sponsored the proposed ban, which he said could come up for a vote this summer. “I view this as we are finally stepping in and saying this technology is moving at a pace the public is not ready for, and it’s time to have that conversation with the public.”
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