Item · Surveillance & Privacy · safety vs. being watched
Should AI-powered facial recognition be used for CCTV surveillance in schools?
A public school district is deciding whether to install AI-powered facial- recognition CCTV capable of continuously identifying students across campus.
A1
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1
Yes, deploy broadly: child safety outweighs privacy concerns.
2
Yes, with strict guardrails: independent audits, short retention windows, parental opt-out.
3
Only for narrow, defined threats (e.g., weapon detection at entry): never continuous identification of students.
4
Not in normal operation: permissible only as a short-term response to a specific, credible threat.
5
Never: normalizing biometric surveillance of children does more harm than any safety gain.
1 · most permissive5 · most restrictive
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