Why facial recognition technology makes these campus protests different from those in the past

Get the Full StoryAt campus protests across the country, many are covering their faces as fears of police surveillance, facial recognition technology, and doxing rise.

The images on newscasts have been inescapable for the past several days. Protestors, presumed to be students, took over buildings at Columbia, facing off against police in riot gear, while on Emory University s quadrangle, police pinned protestors to the ground, securing them with zip ties.

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