Cato Institute
Matthew Feeney, Director, Project on Emerging Technologies
The Cato Institute (Cato), founded in 1977, is a nonpartisan public policy think tank dedicated to the principles of individual liberty, limited government, free markets and peace. Matthew Feeney’s work at Cato focuses on the impact of new technologies on civil liberties. Before joining Cato, he was an assistant editor at Reason magazine. The following excerpt from his article titled, “Should Police Facial Recognition Be Banned?,” was published on Cato’s blog on May 13, 2019 — the day before San Francisco passed a ban on the use of facial recognition by local government agencies. …
