BAN FACE SURVEILLANCE IN BOSTON

Imagine: You’re on your way to a protest, and you walk past a government surveillance camera. Without your knowledge, government software runs an image of your face through a computer program, automatically adding your name to a list of people attending the protest.

And it’s not just you. Every person attending the protest that day is now on a secret government list.

This is just one danger of face surveillance technology: It gives the government unprecedented power to track who we are, where we go, what we do, and who we know.

The use of these technologies is particularly dangerous for women and people of color. Numerous studies have shown that face surveillance technologies are inherently racially biased, particularly against Black women.

In cities and towns across the Commonwealth, from Springfield to Somerville, the ACLU is fighting back — and we are winning.

We can't let this technology go unregulated. The City of Boston should ban government use of face surveillance so that we can safeguard our civil liberties.

Add your name to join our fight against face surveillance in Boston and beyond.

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To the Boston City Council:

Face surveillance technology gives the government unprecedented power to track who we are, where we go, what we do, and who we know. It’s time for Boston to press pause on the use of this dangerous technology.