#Facial-Recognition
Events indexed under #Facial-Recognition — 13 entries in the record.
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| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-20 | Army 1st Special Forces Command Renews Clearview AI Facial Recognition Contract Through 2030 Clearview AI · U.S. Army 1st Special Forces Command · Hoan Ton-That · Mission and Installation Contracting Command | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-20 | DHS Plans Unified Biometric Matching Engine Across Agencies DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Customs and Border Protection | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-11 | CBP Signs Clearview AI Contract for "Tactical Targeting" Using 60 Billion Image Database U.S. Customs and Border Protection · Clearview AI · Founders Fund | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-04 | DHS Releases Mobile Facial Recognition App for Local Police to Identify Immigration Status DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Customs and Border Protection | reported | |
| 2025-10-07 | NIST Suspends All Facial Recognition Testing During Government Shutdown National Institute of Standards and Technology · U.S. Department of Commerce | reported | |
| 2025-09-30 | ICE Awards $1.4 Billion in Surveillance Contracts in Single Month, Highest in 18 Years U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | reported | |
| 2023-08-01 | Thiel-Backed goTenna Contracted for "Off-Grid Facial Recognition" with U.S. Air Force goTenna · Founders Fund · Peter Thiel · In-Q-Tel · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2021-05-18 | Amazon extends Rekognition police ban indefinitely as Congressional regulation stalls Amazon · AWS · Andy Jassy · Jeff Bezos | confirmed | |
| 2020-06-10 | Amazon announces one-year moratorium on police use of Rekognition after George Floyd protests Amazon · AWS · Jeff Bezos | confirmed | |
| 2019-06-27 | Axon Ethics Board Recommends Against Facial Recognition in Body Cameras, Company Agrees to Pause Development Axon · AI and Policing Technology Ethics Board · Barry Friedman | confirmed | |
| 2018-07-26 | ACLU test reveals Amazon Rekognition misidentified 28 Congress members as criminals, showing racial bias American Civil Liberties Union · Amazon · AWS · John Lewis · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2018-06-15 | Amazon aggressively pitches Rekognition facial recognition to ICE during family separation crisis Amazon · AWS · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2016-11-30 | Amazon launches Rekognition facial recognition service, targeting law enforcement Amazon · AWS · Andy Jassy | confirmed |