Thousands of records about U.S. government involvement in the research and development of facial recognition technology fueled fresh calls for a federal ban on such tools.

Thousands of records about U.S. government involvement in the research and development of facial recognition technology — unveiled due to an American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) lawsuit and first reported on Tuesday by The Washington Post — fueled fresh calls for a federal ban on such tools.

“Americans’ ability to navigate our communities without constant tracking and surveillance is being chipped away at an alarming pace,” Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) told the Post. “We cannot stand by as the tentacles of the surveillance state dig deeper into our private lives, treating every one of us like suspects in an unbridled investigation that undermines our rights and freedom.”

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