New Orleans Votes on Facial Recognition

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New Orleans is scheduled to vote next week (August 2025) on whether to formally authorize the use of real-time facial recognition for law enforcement. The proposed ordinance would make it the first U.S. city to pass legislation specifically permitting this technology. The system is already in use through Project NOLA, a nonprofit network that shares real-time alerts with police.

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