For Canadian youth, facial recognition technologies are a canary in the coal mine

National Post: "Given the popularity of smartphone-based facial recognition technology alongside its increasingly common use in areas like hiring, policing, and even education, what should Canadian youth do — both to safeguard their rights to privacy and robust democratic participation? The most effective single action Canadian young people can take to stop the use (and abuse) of facial recognition technology is to work to elect politicians at all levels of government who support strong biometric privacy laws and laws supporting bans and moratoria on FRTs."