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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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Shihab Rattansi

US police's facial recognition systems misidentify Black people

US police's facial recognition systems misidentify Black people

It has been more than two months since the killing of George Floyd at the hands of police in the United States.

And as protests continue - the message is no longer just about specific incidents of violence, but about what demonstrators say is systemic racism in policing.

One of the most obvious examples is the widespread use of facial recognition systems that have been proven to misidentify people of colour.

Al Jazeera's Shihab Rattansi reports.

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