Facial recognition technology
Incidents implicated systems
Incident 1581 Report
Remote Proctoring Facial-Detection Software Reportedly Failed to Detect Black Student During Lab Quiz
2021-02-01
In February 2021, a Black college student, Amaya Ross, reportedly tried to take a remote biology lab quiz using proctoring software that could not detect her face. Ross said she spent 45 minutes changing lights, shades, position, and background before pointing an LED flashlight at her face so the app would work; the quiz itself was only 30 minutes.
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SN Technologies Reportedly Lied to a New York State School District about Its Facial and Weapon Detection Systems’ Performance
2020-01-02
SN Technologies allegedly misled Lockport City Schools about the performance of its AEGIS face and weapons detection systems, downplaying error rates for Black faces and weapon misidentification.
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Border Patrol Agent Allegedly Claimed Facial Recognition Identified Minneapolis ICE Observer and Global Entry Was Reportedly Revoked Three Days Later
2026-01-10
On 01/10/2026 near Minneapolis, Minnesota, legal observer Nicole Cleland reportedly stated that a CBP Border Patrol agent stopped her vehicle, addressed her by name, and claimed agents used facial recognition to identify her while recording on body cam. She reportedly had her Global Entry and TSA PreCheck revoked on 01/13/2026, which she alleged was retaliatory intimidation, causing travel burden and chilling effects.
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DHS Agents Reportedly Threatened Legal Observers With 'Domestic Terrorist' Database While Using Purportedly AI-Enabled Surveillance During ICE Operations
2026-01-21
Two plaintiffs alleged that DHS personnel used purportedly AI-enabled surveillance to identify people recording immigration enforcement and threatened to add them to a "domestic terrorist" database or watch list. The complaint reportedly includes video in which an agent appears to reference a "database," and another alleged warning that agents would "come to your house later tonight." DHS has reportedly denied that such a database exists while acknowledging threat monitoring.
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United States Department of Homeland Security
Incidents involved as Deployer
- Incident 13621 Report
Border Patrol Agent Allegedly Claimed Facial Recognition Identified Minneapolis ICE Observer and Global Entry Was Reportedly Revoked Three Days Later
- Incident 13901 Report
DHS Agents Reportedly Threatened Legal Observers With 'Domestic Terrorist' Database While Using Purportedly AI-Enabled Surveillance During ICE Operations
Legal observers
Incidents Harmed By
- Incident 13621 Report
Border Patrol Agent Allegedly Claimed Facial Recognition Identified Minneapolis ICE Observer and Global Entry Was Reportedly Revoked Three Days Later
- Incident 13901 Report
DHS Agents Reportedly Threatened Legal Observers With 'Domestic Terrorist' Database While Using Purportedly AI-Enabled Surveillance During ICE Operations
General public
Incidents Harmed By
- Incident 13621 Report
Border Patrol Agent Allegedly Claimed Facial Recognition Identified Minneapolis ICE Observer and Global Entry Was Reportedly Revoked Three Days Later
- Incident 13901 Report
DHS Agents Reportedly Threatened Legal Observers With 'Domestic Terrorist' Database While Using Purportedly AI-Enabled Surveillance During ICE Operations
General public of the United States
Incidents Harmed By
- Incident 13621 Report
Border Patrol Agent Allegedly Claimed Facial Recognition Identified Minneapolis ICE Observer and Global Entry Was Reportedly Revoked Three Days Later
- Incident 13901 Report
DHS Agents Reportedly Threatened Legal Observers With 'Domestic Terrorist' Database While Using Purportedly AI-Enabled Surveillance During ICE Operations