Facial recognition company demands Washington Times retract story linking antifa to Capitol siege

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A facial recognition company is demanding the Washington Times retract and apologize for publishing a story claiming their technology identified members of antifa as being among the pro-Trump crowd that stormed the Capitol on Wednesday.

The article in question said that the firm XRVision “used its software to do facial recognition of protesters and matched two Philadelphia Antifa members to two men inside the Senate.” The report cited a “retired military officer” who provided the information and said she or she “provided the photo match to The Times.”

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