misidentification
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The adoption has faced criticism from human rights organisations, citing fears of mass surveillance and risks of misidentification.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
The AI’s misidentification and the human decisions that followed turned a normal evening into a traumatic confrontation.
From Salon ● May 12, 2026
Bartlett said Bigfooters "are quite open to the idea that a lot of these sightings are misidentification".
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026
Occasionally, other black conservatives will enter our orbit of misidentification.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
Among the letters lambasting McCandless, virtually all those I received mentioned his misidentification of the caribou as proof that he didn’t know the first thing about surviving in the back- country.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
They have also collected more than 300,000 public tips, including potential misidentifications that defendants might want to investigate.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 16, 2021
While professional news organizations have had their fair share of misidentifications, the ability of anyone to launch a name to national prominence with a few mistaken retweets has heightened the likelihood of destructive mistakes.
From New York Times ● Aug. 14, 2017
Scientists now understand that eyewitness identification can be compromised by stress, darkness, fading memories, leading questions, cross-racial misidentifications and other factors.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 13, 2016
The need for stricter labeling goes beyond misidentifications to the need for more comprehensive information, such as where fish comes from and whether it’s wild-caught or farmed.
From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2014
I'd have to learn more about him to avoid further misidentifications .
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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