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This bill comes after reports that TSA was piloting a 鈥渧oluntary鈥� facial recognition program to expedite the security process while not actually making the voluntary nature clear to travelers. The bill would put an end not only to this pilot, but preclude TSA from future experiments.

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鈥淪en. Merkley鈥檚 bill is an incredibly important 鈥� and incredibly simple 鈥� step towards curbing the many likely abuses of the government forcing us to use facial recognition and facial matching technology at airports. There is overwhelming evidence that this technology disproportionately misidentifies and harms marginalized communities. On top of that, there is no proof that this invasive technology meaningfully makes us safer. Congress must take this critical opportunity to protect our constitutional right to privacy.鈥�