Anchorage Assembly member wants to ban the city from using of facial recognition technology

Joey Sweet is sworn in to represent East Anchorage on the Anchorage Assembly. Sweet is working on an ordinance that would ban the use of facial recognition technology by the Municipality of Anchorage. (Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media)An Anchorage Assembly member wants to ban the use of facial recognition technology by the city government. I want to do this now.”Essentially, facial recognition technology maps out someone’s face and compares it to database images, like mugshots and drivers license photos. Sweet’s proposal would prohibit the city from acquiring facial recognition technology or purchasing it from a vendor.