Prof. Francis Shen Interviewed by KARE News on Federal Law Enforcement’s Use of Facial Recognition Technology

Professor Francis Shen, Solly Robins Distinguished Research Fellow, was interviewed by KARE News about legal issues surrounding the Department of Homeland Security’s use of facial recognition technology. Prof. Shen is an expert on emerging technologies and the criminal justice system. He said the legality of facial recognition technology in public places is a gray area. He said, “Their argument is it’s public data. We didn’t hack into anyone’s account. This is public, somebody posted it, but the key distinction is that when someone makes their data public, they haven’t necessarily given consent for that data to be used by the government for surveillance.”