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SENATORS SEEK TO CURB FACIAL RECOGNITION AT AIRPORTS, CITING PRIVACY CONCERNS
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pushing to add language to the
reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration that would halt expansion
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the transportation security administrator to make clear that passengers can opt
out at airports where it is in use.Credit...Julia Nikhinson/Associated Press
By Luke Broadwater
Reporting from the Capitol
May 7, 2024
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A bipartisan group of senators is pushing to halt the expansion of facial
recognition technology at airports in the United States and restrict its use as
part of the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill that is making
its way through Congress.
Citing privacy concerns, Senators Jeff Merkley, Democrat of Oregon, and John
Kennedy, Republican of Louisiana, are proposing to block the expansion of the
technology until 2027 and require the Transportation Security Administration to
make clear that passengers can opt out at airports where it is in use.
With a Friday deadline for renewing the aviation law, the proposal is among the
amendments likely to get a vote before the bill can pass. It has pit privacy
advocates in both parties against consumer and industry groups that argue that
the technology has the potential to vastly cut down on wait times at airports
and increase convenience and safety.
Under a plan from the Transportation Security Administration, the government
would expand facial recognition technology to more than 430 airports, from 25,
as part of an effort to speed up the check-in process and improve security.
Using kiosks with iPads affixed to them, passengers have their photographs taken
and matched to an image from an ID, eliminating the need for workers to make
such a match with their eyes.
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Mr. Merkley said he had grown concerned about the technology after encountering
it at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C. While a facial scan
is optional, many passengers feel pressured to comply, he said.
The senator often insists on his right to decline the facial scan, but he said
some airport security workers pushed back. Until recently, he said, there was no
sign clearly indicating that passengers were not obligated to have their faces
scanned at security checkpoints.
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the New York edition with the headline: Senators Seek to Cut Down on Facial
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