Lawmakers Urge FTC to Investigate ID.me and its Facial Recognition Tech
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/4awj7j/lawmakers-urge-ftc-to-investigate-idme-and-its-facial-recognition-tech
A group of Democratic lawmakers has urged the Federal Trade Commission to investigate identity verification company ID.me, claiming that its CEO made misleading comments about how the company uses facial recognition.
“We write to urge the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate evidence of deceptive statements made by ID.me—a provider of identity verification services widely used by federal and state government agencies—about its use of facial recognition,” the letter, sent to the FTC and signed by Senator Ron Wyden, Senator Alex Padilla, Senator Cory Booker, and Senator Edward Markey, starts.