Festivals pledge facial recognition ban

Music festivals including Bonnaroo, Austin City Limits and Pitchfork Music Festival agree to ban facial recognition tech, according to campaign group Fight for Future

Close up of beautiful young woman face with face recognition mesh and immersive binary interface. Concept of hi tech. Toned image double exposure
Close up of beautiful young woman face with face recognition mesh and immersive binary interface. Concept of hi tech. Toned image double exposure

Organisers of music festivals including C3 Presents-promoted Austin City Limits (ACL), Live Nation-owned Bonnaroo, independent UK event Shambhala and Pitchfork Music Festival have stated they will not use facial recognition technology at their events.

Other festivals to commit to the ban include Live Nation’s Bass Canyon, Latitude 38 Entertainment’s Bottlerock, Excision’s Lost Lands, USC Events’ Paradiso, Madison House Presents/Insomniac’s Electric Forests, and a handful of independent events in the US, such as Wanderlust, Sonic Bloom and Lucidity.

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