The campaign against IRS use of facial recognition is a model for digital activism

Digital activists can celebrate a memorable victory after the IRS ditched a controversial facial recognition system. The agency had planned to use third-party facial recognition tech (FRT) to verify millions of people who use the IRS website. Last year, a vendor called ID.me was awarded an $86 million contract to deploy and maintain the system. The decision sparked a furious backlash from advocacy groups. They warned that the IRS system is intrusive, disrupts the lives of users, could expose people to hackers, and uses tech that’s notorious for biases. They also raised concerns over the choice of vendor. ID.me has been…This story continues at The Next Web https://thenextweb.com/news/irs-facial-recognition-reversal-shows-tech-activism-can-work