Amazon is selling facial recognition to law enforcement — for a fistful of dollars

Amazon is selling facial recognition to law enforcement — for a fistful of dollars

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Amazon has been providing facial recognition tools to law enforcement agencies in Oregon and Orlando for only a few dollars a month, according to documents obtained by American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, paving the way for a rollout of technology that is causing concern among civil rights groups.

Amazon is providing the technology, known as Rekognition, as well as consulting services, according to the documents, which the ACLU obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request. The cities adopted the technology without prior public discussion, the documents reveal.

Amazon is selling facial recognition to law enforcement — for a fistful of dollars

May 22, 2018, 2:55pm UTC
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2018/05/22/amazon-is-selling-facial-recognition-to-law-enforcement-for-a-fistful-of-dollars/ > Amazon has been providing facial recognition tools to law enforcement agencies in Oregon and Orlando for only a few dollars a month, according to documents obtained by American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, paving the way for a rollout of technology that is causing concern among civil rights groups. > Amazon is providing the technology, known as Rekognition, as well as consulting services, according to the documents, which the ACLU obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request. The cities adopted the technology without prior public discussion, the documents reveal.