Amazon announces one-year ban on police use of facial recognition tech

Amazon announces one-year ban on police use of facial recognition tech

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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/06/amazon-bans-police-use-of-facial-recognition-software-for-a-year/

Amazon is instituting a one-year moratorium on police use of Rekognition, its facial recognition software, the company announced on Wednesday.

"We’ve advocated that governments should put in place stronger regulations to govern the ethical use of facial recognition technology," Amazon wrote in its blog post announcing the change. "Congress appears ready to take on this challenge. We hope this one-year moratorium might give Congress enough time to implement appropriate rules."