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Selfie-Incriminating: Potential Implications of the use of Photos from the Capital Riot in FBI Investigations

On Wednesday, January 6, 2021, a siege occurred at the United States Capitol. Hundreds of individuals, many of whom were at former President Trump’s “Save America Rally” earlier in the day, entered the United States Capitol building. Over 140,000 images from the day are circulating on social media leaving the FBI with a trove of evidence that could potentially be used in criminal prosecutions.… Read More Selfie-Incriminating: Potential Implications of the use of Photos from the Capital Riot in FBI Investigations

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The FBI’s Powerful Facial Recognition Software Exposed.

There is an overwhelming amount of law on privacy. The Fourth Amendment has been discussed in tens of thousands of law review articles and court decisions from state appeals courts to the U.S. Supreme Court. Interestingly, very little information or law exists on facial recognition. During a Congressional hearing in late March 2017, privacy advocates became aware to the vast ability for the FBI to find someone with facial recognition.
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