LOCKPORT, N.Y. — The surveillance system that has kept watch on students entering Lockport schools for over a decade is getting a novel upgrade. Facial recognition technology soon will check each face against a database of expelled students, sex offenders and other possible troublemakers.
Schools eye facial recognition technology to boost security
But debate surrounds questions of student privacy, effectiveness
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