Somerville City Council moves to ban government face surveillance
Somerville’s Legislative Matters Committee voted to move forward a proposed ban on city government use of face surveillance technology.
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Somerville’s Legislative Matters Committee voted to move forward a proposed ban on city government use of face surveillance technology.
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