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Critics of facial recognition technologies say they are biased in ways that negatively impact ... More vulnerable groups, including people of color, women and seniors. The IRS announced today that it ...

Top House lawmakers have issued a sweeping demand for information from IRS facial recognition contractor ID.me amid concerns about the security of its technology in pandemic-related unemployment ...

You’ll soon have to prove your identity to a Virginia-based security company called ID.me in order to file a return, check tax records, or make payments on the ...

ID.me, the verification service that most U.S. states turned to during the pandemic to confirm the identity of people applying for unemployment aid, attracted public scrutiny this month when it was ...

Lawmakers are urging the IRS to scrap its deal with ID.me, the face-recognition company that promises to verify taxpayers' identities with a selfie. Four congressional Democrats wrote to IRS ...

"Whether it's ID.me or some other private company, a lot of the concerns we have are going to exist so long as it's a company outside of the government being entrusted with doing identity verification ...

OAKLAND, Calif., Nov 17 (Reuters) - Government contractor ID.me, which checks the identity of benefits applicants, had no basis for its claim that almost half of unemployment aid during the pandemic ...

On Monday, the IRS stated that it would be transitioning away from using third-party facial recognition services provided by ID.me, ending a period of intense scrutiny for the newly prominent vendor.