At a hearing in front of the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, advocates and academics strongly urged lawmakers to immediately act to rectify what they called a dangerous problem for U.S. citizens: the use of facial-recognition technology by both law enforcement agencies and private corporations. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle indicated support for a ban or moratorium on facial-recognition technology until laws can be enacted to regulate its use and the software itself can be improved to eliminate algorithmic biases, a well-documented problem to date. In an interview with The Privacy Advisor after the hearing, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said she thinks lawmakers can push a bill forward, but added, "Big tech is a very strong lobby that has captured a lot of members of both parties." IAPP Editor Angelique Carson, CIPP/US, was at the hearing and has the details. 
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