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NYPD Bypassed Facial Recognition Ban to ID Pro-Palestinian Student Protester

Zuhdi Ahmed has a blue circle over his face in a high school formal picture.

A city fire marshal used FDNY’s access to a facial recognition software to help NYPD detectives identify a pro-Palestinian protester at Columbia University, circumventing policies that tightly restrict the Police Department’s use of the technology.  Details of the arrangement emerged in a recent decision by a Manhattan criminal court judge and in a lawsuit seeking […]

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