Amazon pauses police use of facial recognition technology
Publication/Creation Date
June 10 2020Description
Amazon.com Inc said it was implementing a one-year moratorium on police use of its facial recognition software, reversing its long-time support of selling the technology to law enforcement. This video notes that "activists have voiced concern that facial recognition could lead to unjust arrests during the demonstrations against police brutality in the wake of George Floyd's death last month".Keywords
Surveillance,
Privacy,
Ethics,
Police,
Violence,
Crime,
Racism,
Discrimination,
Bias,
Human Rights,
ActivismSource
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLAuqM2nO9Q
Date archived
June 11 2020Last edited
February 11 2021