Comment by Joy Buolamwini

Given mass surveillance applications, not having my face detected can be a benefit. We do not need to look to China, to see this technology being used for surveillance of protesters with little to no accountability and too often in violation of our civil and human rights, including First Amendment freedom of expression, association, and assembly rights. When the tech works we cannot forget about the costs of surveillance. [...] Still, even if error rates improve, the capacity for abuse, lack of oversight, and deployment limitations pose too great a risk. Given known harms, the City of Boston should ban government use of face surveillance.