The City Council for Portland, Oregon, voted unanimously to approve a sweeping facial recognition ban that applies to public agencies and private companies, ZDNet reports. The council voted 4–0 on separate measures for prohibiting public agencies from deploying facial recognition and private entities doing so in public spaces. Mayor Ted Wheeler said, "Portlanders deserve peace of mind. They deserve transparency from private institutions, just as they do public institutions." Meanwhile, in Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh's City Council is delaying its vote on banning law enforcement's use of facial recognition.
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