Some US Local Police Quietly Given Access to ICE Facial Recognition App
Google News Top—Local law enforcement agencies across the United States have been quietly granted access to a facial recognition application developed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, NPR reported. The tool allows officers to run facial searches connected to immigration databases, raising concerns among civil liberties advocates about surveillance overreach and the potential for misidentification. The disclosure comes as Australia's Western Australia Police also made headlines for becoming the first force in that country to deploy live facial recognition technology. Critics in both countries warned the expansion of facial recognition policing without adequate legal frameworks poses serious risks to civil liberties.