State officials currently use facial-recognition software that pulls photos from open sources like news stories and public social-media accounts.

Here's how it works. A face shot is submitted to a facial recognition system, which measures distinctive characteristics such as the width of nose and depth of eye sockets.

Face recognition is rapidly proliferating as a way to identify people at airports and in high security scenarios—but it's far from foolproof.

In China, face recognition is transforming many aspects of daily life. Employees at e-commerce giant Alibaba in Shenzhen can show their faces to enter their office building instead of swiping ID ...

Most departmental searches are done via the Northeast Ohio Regional Fusion Center, an interagency intelligence group. The center’s policy on facial recognition, is one of just a few in the area.

Iran to use facial recognition to identify women without hijabs Iranian official says algorithms can identify anyone flouting dress codes.

Triggering concerns from human rights groups, British police are to resume the use of live facial recognition, following research showing a 'substantial improvement' in its accuracy.