SEATTLE (AP) — The King County sheriff’s department and other county departments are prohibited from using facial recognition technology or information from the technology under a new measure that cites its threat to privacy and history of bias. The Seattle Times reported that the King County Council voted unanimously Tuesday to ban the use of the technology. But the council voted to allow county departments, including the sheriff’s office, to use facial recognition evidence as long as it is not produced or asked for by the departments. King County Executive Dow Constantine says he supports the measure and will sign it into law.
Washington state county bans use of facial recognition
