Deployment reach

Federal agencies plan broad facial-recognition expansion

Eighteen of 24 surveyed U.S. federal agencies reported using facial recognition, while ten planned to expand their use through fiscal 2023, mostly through new systems.

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CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1
TOWARD DOOM42confidence 89/100

Why it moved the index

The GAO-backed finding documents broad consequential government identification and surveillance deployment plus planned expansion. Specialized system scope and the mix of uses bound the magnitude.

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  1. R1
    Toward 42 · confidence 89

    New August 2021 government-deployment event verified by exact-time Axios reporting and GAO-21-526; no durable title, URL, or substantially identical event collision.

    12 Aug 2026
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  1. DoomBench assesses “Federal agencies plan broad facial-recognition expansion” as evidence moving toward doom, with magnitude 42 and confidence 89 out of 100 in the deployment reach category.

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  3. DoomBench summarizes “Federal agencies plan broad facial-recognition expansion” as follows: Eighteen of 24 surveyed U.S. federal agencies reported using facial recognition, while ten planned to expand their use through fiscal 2023,...

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