Detroit paying $300,000 to man wrongly accused of theft, making changes in use of facial technology

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The city of Detroit has agreed to pay $300,000 to a man who was wrongly accused of shoplifting.

Snag these new Insider Deals before they are goneFILE - This February 2020 photo provided by the American Civil Liberties Union shows Robert Williams of Farmington Hills, Mich., a suburb of Detroit. On Friday, June 28, 2024, the ACLU announced that the city of Detroit has agreed to pay $300,000 to Williams after he was wrongly accused of shoplifting using facial recognition technology. The conditions are part of a lawsuit settlement with Robert Williams.

Detroit police will be prohibited from arresting people based solely on facial recognition results and won't make arrests based on photo lineups generated from a facial recognition search, the ACLU said.

 

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