Shareholders are pressuring Amazon to stop selling facial recognition tech to the government
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/17/amazon-shareholders-pressure-against-selling-rekognition-to-government.html
A group of Amazon shareholders have filed a letter demanding the company to stop selling its facial recognition software to government agencies.
In a letter filed on Thursday, the investors are pushing Amazon to halt the sale of Rekognition, technology from Amazon Web Services that can identify and track people, citing concerns of potential civil and human rights risks.
Shareholders are pressuring Amazon to stop selling facial recognition tech to the government
Jan 17, 2019, 7:40pm UTC
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/17/amazon-shareholders-pressure-against-selling-rekognition-to-government.html
> A group of Amazon shareholders have filed a letter demanding the company to stop selling its facial recognition software to government agencies.
> In a letter filed on Thursday, the investors are pushing Amazon to halt the sale of Rekognition, technology from Amazon Web Services that can identify and track people, citing concerns of potential civil and human rights risks.