The ACLU of Massachusetts has launched a Press Pause on Face Surveillance campaign that is designed to raise awareness for growing facial recognition technology today and the risks associated with it.

They are looking to try and help to educate the public on the concerns regarding privacy and civil liberties that are at risk with the increasing use of facial surveillance technology by the government.

The facial surveillance market in the United States has grown to be more than a 3 billion market already.

By 2027 it is estimated that this market could reach more than 12 billion and that will mean a growing and watchful eye from the government toward the everyday life of people who are living under that surveillance.

The government is implementing this for the most part without seeking any approval or consideration from the public.

The ACLU is one organization that has sought bans on the use of this surveillance tech by various municipalities already.

One poll that was one of the first of its kind recently discovered that a great deal of people in the Massachusetts region, more than 90 percent, want the use of this technology by the state to be strictly limited and come with great oversight.

Clearly, there are concerns that people have and they don't feel the need for the government to be monitoring their communities all day every day.

At least 70 percent or more said they thought the government should not be able to monitor people in that way, about 80 percent said they wanted to hit the pause button on the growing reality of tech surveillance today.

The government isn't the only group that people are concerned about having that facial recognition technology, they are also looking at private companies who have implemented the same.

Using this sort of surveillance in the commercial landscape might mean less business for those who want to engage in that sort of surveillance. It might provide great value to those companies but for some it's a price that goes too far.

If the government wants to continue pursuing this sort of surveillance then there are going to be many who will rightly have something to say about it. A government that exists via force in the first place, is one that is not watching your daily movements in order to keep you safe, that's rather clear.

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