Likely Senate Commerce Chair Cruz signs letter flagging unauthorized expansion of facial recognition tech

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), likely to be the next chair of the Senate Commerce Committee, is backing an effort to halt the Transportation Security Administration’s rollout of facial recognition technology, as the controversial artificial intelligence application has also become the target of a high-profile GOP-led draft bill on the issue in his home state.

“TSA Administrator [David] Pekoske admitted at the South by Southwest Conference that ‘we will get to the point where we will require biometrics across the board,’”...