San Francisco: Stop Secret Spy Tech, and Face Surveillance Government use of many surveillance technologies, and especially face surveillance, can invade privacy and chill free speech. It also disproportionately harms already marginalized communities: it increases the likelihood that they will be entangled with police, ICE, and other agencies with a history of abuse, bias, and unlawful violence. San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors will soon have an opportunity to join several Bay Area communities — and cities across the country — in requiring Board control of whether city departments may acquire new surveillance technologies. Most importantly, the proposal would ensure robust community input, and the opportunity to advocate against new spy tech before its adoption. Take Action SUPPORT THE STOP SECRET SURVEILLANCE ORDINANCE The proposed ordinance would also prohibit government agencies in San Francisco from using an especially pernicious form of spy tech: face surve...