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Algorithms · August 2023

Eight months pregnant, arrested over a facial recognition match. She thought it was a joke

Eight months pregnant, Porcha Woodruff thought the police at her door with a carjacking arrest were joking. She is the first woman known to be wrongfully accused as a result of facial recognition technology. The algorithm does not do maternity leave.

Source: The New York Times

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