ACLU of WashingtonVerified account

(1/6) Along with our allies, we sent a letter to urge the Port of Seattle Commission to reject the use of invasive face surveillance technology at SEA-TAC airport. Keep reading for some highlights:

(2/6) Last year, the Commission adopted seven decision making principles: justified voluntary private equitable transparent legal ethical Surveilling travelers on Port property is NOT consistent with those principles.

(3/6) Even if facial recognition tools were accurate (which they are not), accuracy does not create equity and increasing efficiencies at the Port does not mean that the use of invasive surveillance technology is justified.

(4/6) By doing this, the Port will be facilitating the expansion of powerful and racially biased systems that threaten our constitutionally protected rights and civil liberties. There is a long and ugly history of gov't use of surveillance tools to target specific communities.