Bernie Sanders’s call to ban facial recognition tech for policing, explained

He’s taken a tougher stance on it than Elizabeth Warren.

Sen. Bernie Sanders is the first presidential candidate to call for a total ban on the use of facial recognition software for policing. He’s also calling for a moratorium on the use of algorithmic risk assessment tools that aim to predict which criminals will reoffend.

His pledge to institute these changes if elected is part of his broader criminal justice reform plan, released over the weekend, which includes other ideas like ending programs that provide military equipment to cops and...