At a Tuesday hearing on facial recognition by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, lawmakers questioned how government agencies like the FBI and the Transportation Security Administration have been using the technology. The FBI faced heavy criticism for failing to meet the Government Accountability Office’s recommendations on accuracy, transparency and privacy issues.

“They still haven’t fixed the five things they were supposed to do when they started,” Rep. Jim Jordan, a Republican from Ohio and the ranking member of the oversight committee, said at the hearing. “But we’re supposed to believe ‘don’t worry, everything’s just fine.'”

Those five recommendations about the use of facial recognition systems include publishing privacy documents, conducting privacy impact assessments, improving sample sizes in accuracy tests, testing accuracy of partners, and conducting annual reviews of accuracy.

…The TSA uses facial recognition at airports, saying the technology speeds the check-in process, but critics have said the tech is being utilized without proper vetting or regulatory safeguards

…Researchers have pointed out that facial recognition tech can be flawed and can show race and gender bias, and civil rights advocates have argued that facial recognition threatens privacy and free speech.

FBI, TSA use of facial recognition tech needs cleaning up, say lawmakers – CNET

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