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Amazon pauses police use of facial recognition technology

Publication Title
Reuters
Publication/Creation Date
June 10 2020
Media Type
News Broadcast
Persuasive Intent
Information
Description
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".
HCI Platform
Ambient
Discursive Type
Responses To Inventions
Location on Body
Face
Augments
Surveilling, Watching, Targeting, Discriminating, Policing, Protesting
Technology Keywords
Facial Recognition , Artificial Intelligence (AI), Software, Cameras
Keywords
Surveillance, Privacy, Ethics, Police, Violence, Crime, Racism, Discrimination, Bias, Human Rights, Activism
Marketing Keywords
Amazon, Amazon Rekognition, IBM
Source
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLAuqM2nO9Q
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Related Items
Thomson Reuters Corporation
Related Collections
Surveillance Issues And Technologies
Date archived
June 11 2020
Last edited
April 18 2021
How to cite this entry
(June 10 2020). "Amazon pauses police use of facial recognition technology". Reuters. Thomson Reuters Corporation. Fabric of Digital Life. https://fabricofdigitallife.com/Detail/objects/4602