Good things are happening! TSA checks get checked, unemployment benefits score a raise, water contamination victims find justice, and Big Tech data trackers lose in court.
Fly The Faceless Skies
Most people don’t realize they can opt out of increasingly common facial scans when they go through airport security. But a bipartisan bill introduced on May 8 will require Transportation Security Administration officers to notify passengers that such scans are optional and scale back the TSA’s facial recognition program.
More and more airports are scanning passengers’ faces around the country as part of their standard security program, raising privacy, safety, and AI bias concerns.
TSA is a part of the Department of Homeland Security, and according to the agency, facial recognition technology is deployed at...
