Facial Recognition Company Says It Won't Sell To Law Enforcement, Knowing It'll Be Abused
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180627/17283340123/facial-recognition-company-says-it-wont-sell-to-law-enforcement-knowing-itll-be-abused.shtml
We just recently wrote about employees at Amazon speaking out inside the company to complain about the company selling its face recognition tools (called: "Rekognition") to law enforcement. That resulted in the CEO of a maker of facial recognition software, Brian Brackeen, to publicly state that his company, Kairos, will not sell to law enforcement.
The full article is worth reading, but he notes that the technology will be abused and misused by law enforcement -- and often in a way that will lead to false arrests and murder:
Facial Recognition Company Says It Won't Sell To Law Enforcement, Knowing It'll Be Abused
Jun 29, 2018, 9:48pm UTC
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180627/17283340123/facial-recognition-company-says-it-wont-sell-to-law-enforcement-knowing-itll-be-abused.shtml
> We just recently wrote about employees at Amazon speaking out inside the company to complain about the company selling its face recognition tools (called: "Rekognition") to law enforcement. That resulted in the CEO of a maker of facial recognition software, Brian Brackeen, to publicly state that his company, Kairos, will not sell to law enforcement.
> The full article is worth reading, but he notes that the technology will be abused and misused by law enforcement -- and often in a way that will lead to false arrests and murder: