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New York man sues Apple for $1B claiming face recognition technology led to wrongful arrest

By Daniel Jativa
Published April 23, 2019 4:47pm ET
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New York man sues Apple for $1B claiming face recognition technology led to wrongful arrest
In this Jan. 3, 2019 photo, the Apple logo is displayed at the Apple store in the Brooklyn borough of New York. | (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

An 18-year-old New York man is suing Apple for $1 billion after alleging that authorities used the company’s facial recognition software that resulted in him being wrongfully arrested.

Ousmane Bah filed the lawsuit this week in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. He claims he was arrested last fall at his home in New York after authorities connected him with robberies spanning four states.

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