Mapping the Stakeholder Debate on Facial Recognition Technologies: Review and Stakeholder Workshop

Chiara Ullstein, Julia Katharina Pfeiffer, Michel Hohendanner, Jens Grossklags

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Abstract

Debates over the use of facial recognition technology (FRT) are intensifying across different countries worldwide. While we can observe an increase in FRT usage driven by governments and industry, various stakeholders are raising important concerns. To contribute to a cooperative discourse on FRTs, in this paper, we first perform an integrative literature review and investigate the advantages, risks, areas of application, and stakeholders. Based on this analysis, we then design and facilitate a multi-stakeholder workshop aimed at cooperatively assessing the technology's impact. Workshop findings reveal significant differences in the positions held by stakeholders, indicating differing perspectives on the subject. The results from our study underscore the need for careful impact assessments before deploying FRTs, as well as stakeholder engagement through sustained and well-informed dialogues to cooperatively determine technical feasibility for specific use cases and short- and long-term societal impact. The insights from our research can serve as guidance for future work. We discuss the study's results, provide policy recommendations for the governance of FRTs, and share the framework for a 2.5h stakeholder workshop on the impact of FRTs.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCSCW Companion 2024 - Companion of the 2024 Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing
EditorsMichael Bernstein, Amy Bruckman, Ujwal Gadiraju, Aaron Halfaker, Xiaojuan Ma, Fabiano Pinatti, Miriam Redi, David Ribes, Saiph Savage, Amy Zhang
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages429-436
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9798400711145
DOIs
StatePublished - 13 Nov 2024
Event27th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, CSCW Companion 2024 - San Jose, Costa Rica
Duration: 9 Nov 202413 Nov 2024

Publication series

NameProceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW

Conference

Conference27th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, CSCW Companion 2024
Country/TerritoryCosta Rica
CitySan Jose
Period9/11/2413/11/24

Keywords

  • facial recognition technology
  • impact assessment
  • stakeholder workshop

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