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Boston signs a citywide ban on government face surveillance

Boston's mayor signed an ordinance prohibiting city agencies and officials from using face-surveillance systems or obtaining face-surveillance services through third parties.

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CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1
AWAY FROM DOOM29confidence 95/100

Why it moved the index

An enforceable municipal ban prevented city deployment and third-party acquisition of face surveillance, directly limiting automated state monitoring. No city agency used the technology at signing, so the measure was preventive rather than a rollback of active use.

Assessment history

  1. R1
    Away 29 · confidence 95

    New source-verified historical binding AI-governance evidence absent from the durable corpus.

    11 Aug 2026

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  1. DoomBench assesses “Boston signs a citywide ban on government face surveillance” as evidence moving away from doom, with magnitude 29 and confidence 95 out of 100 in the governance and control category.

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