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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Josh Marcus

A Black woman says she was wrongly arrested at eight months pregnant. She’s suing over ‘mistaken’ face ID tech

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The Detroit Police Department mistakenly arrested a mother of three based on a false match using facial recognition software, according to a lawsuit against the department.

The case, according to civil rights advocates, highlights the dangers of bias in using such technologies in police work, which studies have shown do a poor job of matching images of non-white people.

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