Amazon's controversial facial recognition program dropped by city of Orlando

Amazon's controversial facial recognition program dropped by city of Orlando

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https://phys.org/news/2018-06-amazon-controversial-facial-recognition-city.html

It has come under heavy fire from privacy advocates, who fear it could be used to unfairly target protesters, immigrants and any person just going about their daily business. In May the ACLU and civil rights groups demanded that Amazon stop selling the software tool.

A joint statement issued Monday from the city of Orlando and the Orlando Police Department made clear the city isn't backing down on using tech when it feels it is warranted.