In June 2021, Dave Zvenyach, director of a group tasked with improving digital access to US government services, sent a Slack message to his team. “We have made the decision not to use facial recognition, liveness detection, or any other emerging technology in connection with government benefits and services until rigorous review has given us confidence that we can do so equitably and without causing harm to vulnerable populations,” he wrote. Earlier this month, a slate of Democratic lawmakers in both houses of Congress introduced a bill that would place a moratorium on use of face recognition by federal agencies, although the proposal is unlikely to succeed