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Amazon bans police use of its face recognition for a year
Amazon banned police use of its face-recognition technology for a year, making it the latest tech giant to step back from law-enforcement use of systems that...
The Seattle-based company did not say why it took action now.
- NEW YORK-The Associated Press
- Hurriyet
Ongoing protests following the death of George Floyd have focused attention on racial injustice in the U.S. and how police use technology to track people.
Floyd died May 25 after a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee into the handcuffed black man’s neck for several…