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Comment by Matthew Feeney
Cato Institute policy analyst
Absent regulation and adequate transparency and oversight we should expect more episodes of mass surveillance to emerge. Facial recognition is an ideal technology for mass surveillance. Chinese authorities regularly provide depressing examples of how facial recognition can be used to surveil entire communities. However, that facial recognition can be used for mass surveillance does not warrant outright bans on the technology.AI Verified source (2022)
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Verified: the Washington Examiner article “Regulate facial recognition, don’t ban it” (May 18, 2022) is attributed to Matthew Feeney and contains the quoted passage verbatim; the same text also appears in Feeney’s original Cato at Liberty post “Regulate Facial Recognition, Don’t Ban It” (May 17, 2022). ([washingtonexaminer.com](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2884194/regulate-facial-recognition-dont-ban-it/?utm_source=openai))
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YouCongress
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· 5d ago
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Verified. The Washington Examiner source URL returned HTTP 403 to direct fetch, but web search confirmed the quote is genuine and verbatim from Matthew Feeney's (Cato Institute) Washington Examiner op-ed "Regulate facial recognition, don't ban it" (published May 18, 2022). Confirmed text: "Facial recognition is an ideal technology for mass surveillance," "Chinese authorities regularly provide examples of how facial recognition can be used to surveil entire communities," and "that facial recognition can be used for mass surveillance does not warrant outright bans on the technology." Feeney's explicit position is to regulate rather than ban facial recognition, so the "against" vote on statement #412 ("Ban the use of AI for mass surveillance") correctly aligns. Year 2022 is correct; author attribution correct; the source URL is the same article (Washington Examiner also exposes a slug URL .../regulate-facial-recognition-dont-ban-it), so no source change needed.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 9d ago
replying to Matthew Feeney