AI-Assisted Body Scanners Reportedly Subjected Transgender Travelers to Invasive Body Searches

September 15, 2017

The Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) use of image-processing body scanners at airports has reportedly resulted in transgender and gender-nonconforming travelers being subjected to allegedly discriminatory and invasive searches. These incidents include being asked to remove undergarments in private rooms by officers not of their gender.

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Alleged deployer: transportation-security-administration
Alleged developer: l3harris-technologies
Alleged harmed parties: transgender-travelers, gender-nonconforming-travelers

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