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Ben Ewen-Campen
City Councillor, Somerville, MA
Ben Ewen-Campen is a City Councilor in Somerville, MA and a biologist at Harvard Medical School. As a City Councillor, Ben gained a groundswell of support campaigning on a platform rooted in creating affordable living options in Somerville, pledging to offset taxes and create jobs, to preserve green space, and to improve infrastructure. In June 2019, Ben led the campaign against facial recognition technology in Somerville, becoming the first East Coast city to ban its use.
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The Fight to Ban Facial Recognition Technology
Partner:Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy