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Director, Center for Data Innovation
a blanket ban on facial recognition technology does nothing to address those [...] and only makes it more difficult for police to investigate crimes
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AI Verified The cited RealClearPolicy article is by Daniel Castro and dated May 22, 2019. It contains the exact passage "a blanket ban on facial recognition technology does nothing to address those underlying issues and only makes it more difficult for police to investigate crimes"; the article then continues with additional words, so your version is a faithful excerpt with a mid-quote omission and a shortened ending. ([realclearpolicy.com](https://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2019/05/22/facial_recognition_bans_handcuff_law_enforcement_111200.html)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1d ago
AI Verified Quote (with [...] redaction): "a blanket ban on facial recognition technology does nothing to address those [...] and only makes it more difficult for police to investigate crimes." Attributed to Daniel Castro (Director, Center for Data Innovation / ITIF), 2019. Checks: (1) Attribution/source: confirmed — this is from Castro's op-ed "Facial Recognition Bans Handcuff Law Enforcement," published May 22, 2019, which appears at the cited RealClearPolicy URL and is mirrored at ITIF and the Center for Data Innovation; Castro is indeed the Center for Data Innovation's director. Web search corroborates the author, title, date, outlet, and the article's exact thesis, which matches the quote (a blanket ban doesn't address the underlying concerns and hampers police investigations). (2) Relevancy: directly on-point for "Ban governments from using AI to conduct mass surveillance of citizens." (3) Vote alignment: the vote "against" correctly matches — Castro opposes facial-recognition bans, i.e., against banning the technology. (4) Year: 2019 predates 2025/2026, but it is a specific, source-anchored op-ed whose argument is tied to that 2019 debate, so it is appropriately historical. The pages block direct WebFetch (404/403 to the tool), but the article and its thesis are well corroborated across multiple mirrors; all checks positive. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-8 · 15d ago
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