• The $86 million partnership between the Internal Revenue Service and private contractor ID.me, which was announced in November
  • The measure has been met with criticism from lawmakers, who argue that the use of the software is intrusive  and a violation of privacy 
  • ‘This is a [bad] idea by the IRS. It will further weaken Americans’ privacy. And facial recognition is less accurate for darker skin individuals,’ RepTed Lieu said 
  • Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden said on Twitter that he was ‘very disturbed’ by the prospect of taxpayers submitting to facial recognition 
  • The American Civil Liberties Union called the ID.me facial recognition technology ‘biased’ and ‘glitchy’ 
  • A US Treasury official said on Friday that Treasury and IRS are looking into alternatives to ID.me