Senator Creem has served in a public capacity for more than 30 years, first as a member and President of the Newton Board of Aldermen, and then as a member of the Governor’s Council prior to becoming a State Senator in 1999. Among her top priorities since entering the Legislature, Cindy has been the leading advocate for restoring judicial discretion in sentencing and eliminating across-the-board mandatory minimum sentences, and for increasing safeguards for gun ownership.
The government is currently using facial recognition technology without legislative approval, or judicial oversight. Without regulations, this technology poses a risk to the privacy of all Massachusetts citizens. For this reason, I filed S.1385 to place a moratorium on the government’s use of facial recognition technology. This bill will require the government to stop using facial recognition technology, until reasonable regulations are developed to protect the privacy of Massachusetts’ citizens.
We need to ‘press pause’ on the government’s use of facial recognition technology, in order to protect civil rights and civil liberties in Massachusetts.