Rather than lobby for better laws governing
access and ownership of fire arms, invasive and error-prone
facial recognition software is being offered to US school districts,
at no cost, to monitor students and staff and ostensibly improve school security.

It’s such a tragedy and disgrace that young children are already inculcated to holding drills in case there’s an intruder with a gun, they deserve far, far better and should not also be inured into a surveillance state where their identity and whereabouts can be telegraphed (and preserved for later) to health insurance providers, debt-collectors or immigration officials.