Interesting conflict:
"To better protect kids, a school district in New York is going to give facial recognition a try.
Next Monday, Lockport City School District will reportedly be the first US public school system to test a facial recognition program on students and staff. The district begins the "initial implementation phase" for the Aegis software suite, the Lockport Union-Sun and Journal reported Tuesday."
cnet.com/news/facial-recognition-tech-coming-to-new-york-school-district-next-week/
"The New York State Education Department on Thursday instructed a school district to delay its plans to implement the use of facial recognition technology.
"We have made it clear, the Department has not approved the testing of the system planned for next week and we told the District not to commence the testing of the technology until we receive information that assures us that student information will be properly protected," a spokesperson for the department told The Hill.
Lockport City School District had planned to being testing its Aegis system on Monday, with plans to have it broadly operational by Sept. 1."
thehill.com/policy/technology/446229-new-york-to-delay-implementing-facial-recognition-in-school-district