Incident 108: Skating Rink’s Facial Recognition Cameras Misidentified Black Teenager as Banned Troublemaker

Description: A Black teenager living in Livonia, Michigan was incorrectly stopped from entering a roller skating rink after its facial-recognition cameras misidentified her as another person who had been previously banned for starting a skirmish with other skaters.

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Alleged: unknown developed an AI system deployed by Riverside Arena Skating Rink, which harmed Lamya Robinson and Black Livonia residents.

Incident Stats

Incident ID
108
Report Count
3
Incident Date
2021-07-10
Editors
Sean McGregor, Khoa Lam
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Black teen kicked out of skating rink after facial recognition camera misidentified her
fox2detroit.com · 2021

A local roller skating rink is coming under fire for its use of facial recognition software after a teenager was banned for allegedly getting into a brawl there.

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Teen turned away from roller rink after AI wrongly identifies her as banned troublemaker
theregister.com · 2021

A Black teenager in the US was barred from entering a roller rink after a facial-recognition system wrongly identified her as a person who had been previously banned for starting a fight there.

Lamya Robinson, 14, had been dropped off by he…

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