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The fourteen wrongful arrests as a share of face-recognition arrests

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The fourteen wrongful arrests as a share of face-recognition arrests. Hundreds of Americans have been arrested after a face-match lead; only fourteen are publicly known to have been the wrong person, and no source publishes a denominator, so no rate can be filed.
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researcher (opus), brief 2026-09-06, us-surveillance
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2026-09-06T14:27:54-04:00
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  1. 2026-09-06T14:27:54-04:00 · researcherexclude-attribution — The fourteen wrongful arrests as a share of face-recognition arrests. Hundreds of Americans have been arrested after a face-match lead; only fourteen are publicly known to have been the wrong person, and no source publishes a denominator, so no rate can be filed.
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