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Black people

Incidents Harmed By

Incident 1623 Report
Images of Black People Labeled as Gorillas

2015-06-03

Google Photos image processing software mistakenly labelled a black couple as "gorillas."

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Incident 4339 Report
Chicago Police's Strategic Subject List Reportedly Biased Along Racial Lines

2012-08-01

The Chicago Police Department reportedly used person-based predictive policing models, including the Strategic Subject List and Crime and Victimization Risk Model, to assign violence-risk scores to hundreds of thousands of residents. Official and media reports alleged that the program gave police a mathematically fragile basis for treating heavily policed residents as future victims or suspects, with Black Chicago residents especially exposed to the consequences of that scoring.

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Incident 3324 Report
Google Image Showed Racially Biased Results for “Professional” Hairstyles

2016-04-05

Google Image search reportedly showed disparate results along racial lines, featuring almost exclusively white women for “professional hairstyles” and black women for “unprofessional hairstyles” prompts.

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Incident 5583 Report
Activists Allege NYPD's Application of Facial Recognition Interfered with Right to Protest

2020-08-07

Black Lives Matter activists alleged being targeted for arrest by New York Police using facial recognition, interfering with their right to protest.

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Related Entities
Other entities that are related to the same incident. For example, if the developer of an incident is this entity but the deployer is another entity, they are marked as related entities.
 

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Google

Incidents involved as both Developer and Deployer
  • Incident 16
    23 Reports

    Images of Black People Labeled as Gorillas

  • Incident 332
    4 Reports

    Google Image Showed Racially Biased Results for “Professional” Hairstyles

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Facebook

Incidents involved as both Developer and Deployer
  • Incident 113
    1 Report

    Facebook's AI Put "Primates" Label on Video Featuring Black Men

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Entity

Facebook users

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 113
    1 Report

    Facebook's AI Put "Primates" Label on Video Featuring Black Men

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Entity

Microsoft

Incidents involved as both Developer and Deployer
  • Incident 102
    2 Reports

    Personal voice assistants struggle with black voices, new study shows

  • Incident 454
    2 Reports

    Emotion Detection Models Showed Disparate Performance along Racial Lines

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IBM

Incidents involved as both Developer and Deployer
  • Incident 102
    2 Reports

    Personal voice assistants struggle with black voices, new study shows

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Entity

Apple

Incidents involved as both Developer and Deployer
  • Incident 102
    2 Reports

    Personal voice assistants struggle with black voices, new study shows

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Entity

Amazon

Incidents involved as both Developer and Deployer
  • Incident 102
    2 Reports

    Personal voice assistants struggle with black voices, new study shows

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Entity

Black women

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 332
    4 Reports

    Google Image Showed Racially Biased Results for “Professional” Hairstyles

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Entity

Google users

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 332
    4 Reports

    Google Image Showed Racially Biased Results for “Professional” Hairstyles

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Entity

Chicago Police Department

Incidents involved as both Developer and Deployer
  • Incident 433
    9 Reports

    Chicago Police's Strategic Subject List Reportedly Biased Along Racial Lines

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Entity

Economically vulnerable communities

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 433
    9 Reports

    Chicago Police's Strategic Subject List Reportedly Biased Along Racial Lines

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Entity

communities of color

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 433
    9 Reports

    Chicago Police's Strategic Subject List Reportedly Biased Along Racial Lines

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Entity

Black Chicago residents

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 433
    9 Reports

    Chicago Police's Strategic Subject List Reportedly Biased Along Racial Lines

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Entity

Minorities

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 433
    9 Reports

    Chicago Police's Strategic Subject List Reportedly Biased Along Racial Lines

  • Incident 598
    1 Report

    False Arrest of Georgia Man Due to Louisiana Police's Faulty Facial Recognition Technology

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General public

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 433
    9 Reports

    Chicago Police's Strategic Subject List Reportedly Biased Along Racial Lines

  • Incident 558
    3 Reports

    Activists Allege NYPD's Application of Facial Recognition Interfered with Right to Protest

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General public of Chicago

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 433
    9 Reports

    Chicago Police's Strategic Subject List Reportedly Biased Along Racial Lines

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Entity

Strategic Subject List

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 433
    9 Reports

    Chicago Police's Strategic Subject List Reportedly Biased Along Racial Lines

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Entity

Victimization Risk Model

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 433
    9 Reports

    Chicago Police's Strategic Subject List Reportedly Biased Along Racial Lines

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Entity

Megvii

Incidents involved as both Developer and Deployer
  • Incident 454
    2 Reports

    Emotion Detection Models Showed Disparate Performance along Racial Lines

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Entity

New York City Police Department

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 558
    3 Reports

    Activists Allege NYPD's Application of Facial Recognition Interfered with Right to Protest

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Entity

Clearview AI

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 558
    3 Reports

    Activists Allege NYPD's Application of Facial Recognition Interfered with Right to Protest

  • Incident 896
    1 Report

    Alleged Misuse of Facial Recognition Technology by Law Enforcement Reportedly Leading to Wrongful Arrests and Violations of Investigative Standards

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 896
    1 Report

    Alleged Misuse of Facial Recognition Technology by Law Enforcement Reportedly Leading to Wrongful Arrests and Violations of Investigative Standards

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Entity

Facial recognition technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 558
    3 Reports

    Activists Allege NYPD's Application of Facial Recognition Interfered with Right to Protest

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Entity

Surveillance technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 558
    3 Reports

    Activists Allege NYPD's Application of Facial Recognition Interfered with Right to Protest

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Entity

Derrick Ingram

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 558
    3 Reports

    Activists Allege NYPD's Application of Facial Recognition Interfered with Right to Protest

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Entity

Black Lives Matter activists

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 558
    3 Reports

    Activists Allege NYPD's Application of Facial Recognition Interfered with Right to Protest

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Entity

General public of New York City

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 558
    3 Reports

    Activists Allege NYPD's Application of Facial Recognition Interfered with Right to Protest

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Entity

Privacy

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 558
    3 Reports

    Activists Allege NYPD's Application of Facial Recognition Interfered with Right to Protest

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Biometric data subjects

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 558
    3 Reports

    Activists Allege NYPD's Application of Facial Recognition Interfered with Right to Protest

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Entity

Democratic integrity

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 558
    3 Reports

    Activists Allege NYPD's Application of Facial Recognition Interfered with Right to Protest

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Entity

Clearview AI facial recognition system

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 558
    3 Reports

    Activists Allege NYPD's Application of Facial Recognition Interfered with Right to Protest

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Entity

Facial recognition technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 558
    3 Reports

    Activists Allege NYPD's Application of Facial Recognition Interfered with Right to Protest

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Entity

Surveillance technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 558
    3 Reports

    Activists Allege NYPD's Application of Facial Recognition Interfered with Right to Protest

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Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 598
    1 Report

    False Arrest of Georgia Man Due to Louisiana Police's Faulty Facial Recognition Technology

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Entity

Unknown

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 598
    1 Report

    False Arrest of Georgia Man Due to Louisiana Police's Faulty Facial Recognition Technology

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Entity

Randal Reid

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 598
    1 Report

    False Arrest of Georgia Man Due to Louisiana Police's Faulty Facial Recognition Technology

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Entity

Florence Kentucky Police Department

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 896
    1 Report

    Alleged Misuse of Facial Recognition Technology by Law Enforcement Reportedly Leading to Wrongful Arrests and Violations of Investigative Standards

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Evansville Indiana Police Department

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 896
    1 Report

    Alleged Misuse of Facial Recognition Technology by Law Enforcement Reportedly Leading to Wrongful Arrests and Violations of Investigative Standards

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Entity

Detroit Police Department

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 896
    1 Report

    Alleged Misuse of Facial Recognition Technology by Law Enforcement Reportedly Leading to Wrongful Arrests and Violations of Investigative Standards

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Coral Springs Florida Police Department

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 896
    1 Report

    Alleged Misuse of Facial Recognition Technology by Law Enforcement Reportedly Leading to Wrongful Arrests and Violations of Investigative Standards

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Bradenton Florida Police Department

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 896
    1 Report

    Alleged Misuse of Facial Recognition Technology by Law Enforcement Reportedly Leading to Wrongful Arrests and Violations of Investigative Standards

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Entity

Austin Police Department

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 896
    1 Report

    Alleged Misuse of Facial Recognition Technology by Law Enforcement Reportedly Leading to Wrongful Arrests and Violations of Investigative Standards

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Entity

Developers of mugshot recognition software

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 896
    1 Report

    Alleged Misuse of Facial Recognition Technology by Law Enforcement Reportedly Leading to Wrongful Arrests and Violations of Investigative Standards

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Developers of law enforcement facial recognition software

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 896
    1 Report

    Alleged Misuse of Facial Recognition Technology by Law Enforcement Reportedly Leading to Wrongful Arrests and Violations of Investigative Standards

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Entity

Wrongfully arrested individuals

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 896
    1 Report

    Alleged Misuse of Facial Recognition Technology by Law Enforcement Reportedly Leading to Wrongful Arrests and Violations of Investigative Standards

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Entity

Vulnerable communities

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 896
    1 Report

    Alleged Misuse of Facial Recognition Technology by Law Enforcement Reportedly Leading to Wrongful Arrests and Violations of Investigative Standards

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Entity

Robert Williams

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 896
    1 Report

    Alleged Misuse of Facial Recognition Technology by Law Enforcement Reportedly Leading to Wrongful Arrests and Violations of Investigative Standards

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Entity

Quran Reid

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 896
    1 Report

    Alleged Misuse of Facial Recognition Technology by Law Enforcement Reportedly Leading to Wrongful Arrests and Violations of Investigative Standards

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Entity

Porcha Woodruff

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 896
    1 Report

    Alleged Misuse of Facial Recognition Technology by Law Enforcement Reportedly Leading to Wrongful Arrests and Violations of Investigative Standards

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Entity

People of color

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 896
    1 Report

    Alleged Misuse of Facial Recognition Technology by Law Enforcement Reportedly Leading to Wrongful Arrests and Violations of Investigative Standards

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Entity

Nijeer Parks

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 896
    1 Report

    Alleged Misuse of Facial Recognition Technology by Law Enforcement Reportedly Leading to Wrongful Arrests and Violations of Investigative Standards

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Entity

Jason Vernau

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 896
    1 Report

    Alleged Misuse of Facial Recognition Technology by Law Enforcement Reportedly Leading to Wrongful Arrests and Violations of Investigative Standards

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Entity

Christopher Gatlin

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 896
    1 Report

    Alleged Misuse of Facial Recognition Technology by Law Enforcement Reportedly Leading to Wrongful Arrests and Violations of Investigative Standards

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Entity

Alonzo Sawyer

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 896
    1 Report

    Alleged Misuse of Facial Recognition Technology by Law Enforcement Reportedly Leading to Wrongful Arrests and Violations of Investigative Standards

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Entity

Statewide facial recognition systems

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 896
    1 Report

    Alleged Misuse of Facial Recognition Technology by Law Enforcement Reportedly Leading to Wrongful Arrests and Violations of Investigative Standards

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Entity

St. Louis mugshot recognition technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 896
    1 Report

    Alleged Misuse of Facial Recognition Technology by Law Enforcement Reportedly Leading to Wrongful Arrests and Violations of Investigative Standards

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Entity

Michigan state facial recognition system

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 896
    1 Report

    Alleged Misuse of Facial Recognition Technology by Law Enforcement Reportedly Leading to Wrongful Arrests and Violations of Investigative Standards

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Florida state facial recognition system

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 896
    1 Report

    Alleged Misuse of Facial Recognition Technology by Law Enforcement Reportedly Leading to Wrongful Arrests and Violations of Investigative Standards

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Entity

Donald Trump

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1363
    1 Report

    Trump Reportedly Posted Purportedly AI-Generated Racist Video Depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as Apes on Truth Social

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Unidentified X user

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1363
    1 Report

    Trump Reportedly Posted Purportedly AI-Generated Racist Video Depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as Apes on Truth Social

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Trump Administration

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1363
    1 Report

    Trump Reportedly Posted Purportedly AI-Generated Racist Video Depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as Apes on Truth Social

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Entity

Unknown synthetic media developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1363
    1 Report

    Trump Reportedly Posted Purportedly AI-Generated Racist Video Depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as Apes on Truth Social

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Barack Obama

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1363
    1 Report

    Trump Reportedly Posted Purportedly AI-Generated Racist Video Depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as Apes on Truth Social

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Michelle Obama

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1363
    1 Report

    Trump Reportedly Posted Purportedly AI-Generated Racist Video Depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as Apes on Truth Social

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Entity

Epistemic integrity

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1363
    1 Report

    Trump Reportedly Posted Purportedly AI-Generated Racist Video Depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as Apes on Truth Social

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Entity

Black Americans

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1363
    1 Report

    Trump Reportedly Posted Purportedly AI-Generated Racist Video Depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as Apes on Truth Social

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Unknown synthetic media technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1363
    1 Report

    Trump Reportedly Posted Purportedly AI-Generated Racist Video Depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as Apes on Truth Social

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