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In every reported case where police mistakenly arrested someone using facial recognition, that person has been Black
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this post was submitted on 07 Aug 2023
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@nieceandtows The fact that there have been issues with sensors (which is true) does not disprove systemic racism (which exists). That's like saying that because I put vinegar in the dressing the lemon juice wasn't sour. It doesn't follow.
Putting the same thing the other way around: The fact that there have been issues with systemic racism (which is true) does not disprove technical malfunction (which exists). That’s like saying that because the lemon juice is sour it means it has vinegar in it. It doesn’t follow. Lemon juice can be sour just because it has lemons in it, without need of any vinegar in it.
@nieceandtows But we know that there is systemic racism in the police. There *is* vinegar in it.
@fishidwardrobe As far as the UK is concerned (re facial recognition) I recall the latest study has found false positives disproportionately higher for Black people and statistically significant.
The UK Police thought this acceptable and have continued the roll out of this tech. A judgement call that bakes a little bit more systemic racism into UK Policing with little to no accountability.
https://science.police.uk/site/assets/files/3396/frt-equitability-study_mar2023.pdf
PS. I'm not academically qualified to comment on the paper, but take an interest in these things.
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