The majority of surveyed U.S. adults who were white accept the use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement when security threats in public spaces are being assessed, according to a national survey conducted in June 2019. In comparison, less than half of the surveyed black U.S. adults hold the same opinion.
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Pew Research Center. (September 5, 2019). Attitude towards the use of facial recognition technologies by law enforcement according to adults in the United States as of July 2019, by ethnicity [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 30, 2026, from /statistics/1054111/usa-attitude-towards-facial-recognition-by-law-enforcement/
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