Re: Sign the petition: No Facial Recognition at the IRS!

[Friend, the IRS could reinstate their facial recognition contract at any time. Please add your name to Demand Progress' petition: Tell Congress to pass the No Facial Recognition at the IRS bill while there's still time to sign!]( [SIGN THE PETITION]( Here's the email we previously sent: --------------------------------------------------------------- Hi Friend, This year, it’s the IRS that made a mistake. When the IRS announced that they wanted taxpayers to submit to facial recognition technology just to access their tax information, the backlash from the public and politicians in both parties was swift! As a result, the IRS suspended its contract with ID.me, their facial recognition vendor. But that’s not enough. They could quietly reinstate that contract, or another one like it, anytime they’d like. That’s why Senators Roy Blunt and Jeff Merkley introduced the No Facial Recognition at the IRS bill — and in a deadlocked, divided Congress, it’s already got bipartisan support. Now we need to speak out to help it become law. [Sign Demand Progress' petition: Tell Congress to pass the No Facial Recognition at the IRS bill!]( [SIGN THE PETITION]( Facial recognition isn’t just creepy and invasive, it’s been well documented to have racial and gender biases. No American taxpayer should have to jump through this unnecessary high-tech hoop just to access their tax information online. Especially when the technology itself has trouble telling women and people of color apart from each other. It’s telling that the No Facial Recognition bill already has bipartisan support in a bitterly divided Congress. The message is clear: emerging technologies, like facial recognition, are a Wild West, and without regulation could quickly lead to some dystopian consequences. Activists just like you caused an uproar over the IRS’s use of facial recognition earlier this year. Now you can make sure the IRS can’t do anything like this in the future. [Sign the petition: Tell Congress to pass the No Facial Recognition at the IRS bill!]( [SIGN THE PETITION]( Keep fighting, Demand Progress Paid for by Demand Progress. Does not equal endorsement. Daily Kos, PO Box 70036, Oakland, CA, 94612. Sent via [ActionNetwork.org](. To update your email address, change your name or address, or to stop receiving emails from Daily Kos, please [click here](.