The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is already piloting facial recognition-based identification at 30 airports, with plans for nationwide expansion, but a new bill proposed in Congress would force TSA to abandon the program.
On November 29, 2023, Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and John Kennedy (R-LA) introduced the Traveler Privacy Protection Act, which bans the TSA from using facial recognition:
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