Incident 409: Facial Recognition Researchers Used YouTube Videos of Transgender People without Consent
Description: YouTube videos of transgender people used by researchers to study facial recognition during gender transitions were used and distributed without permission.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: University of North Carolina Wilmington , Karl Ricanek and Gayathri Mahalingam developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed Transgender YouTubers and transgender people.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
409
Report Count
3
Incident Date
2013-09-13
Editors
Khoa Lam
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
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Variants
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