Surveillance and Inequality

New data analysis of partnerships between Amazon Ring and Police Departments shows that some communities are surveilled at much higher rates than others

Robert Williams was the first American to be arrested for a crime he did not commit based on the judgement of facial recognition surveillance software. In January 2020, police officers drove up behind Robert as he was parking at his house and blocked in his car. They handcuffed him in front of his wife and two daughters. When they took him to the police…