STATEMENT OF KOUSTUBH “K.J.” BAGCHIVP, CENTER FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND TECHNOLOGYTHE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTSU.S. COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTSBRIEFING ON THE USE OF FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGIESFriday, March 8, 2024On behalf of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights (The Leadership Conference) and its Center for Civil Rights and Technology, we are providing this written testimony in advance of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights briefing on the government’s use of Facial Recognition Technology (FRT). The civil rights concerns raised are:Regardless of technical accuracy, the use of face recognition systems could exacerbate harms in underserved communities. She was the third person to be falsely identified by facial recognition technology in a single police department. [6] “Meet Porcha Woodruff, Detroit Woman Jailed While 8 Months Pregnant After False AI Facial Recognition,” Democracy Now (Aug. 9, 2023)( https://www.democracynow.org/2023/8/9/porcha_woodruff_false_facial_recognition_arrest). [7] John General and Jon Sarlin, “A False Facial Recognition Match Sent This Innocent Black Man to Jail,” CNN (Apr.

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