Amazon announces one-year ban on police use of facial recognition tech
Amazon is instituting a one-year moratorium on police use of Rekognition, its facial recognition software, the company announced on Wednesday.
"We've advocated that governments should put in place stronger regulations to govern the ethical use of facial recognition technology," Amazon wrote in its blog post announcing the change. "Congress appears ready to take on this challenge. We hope this one-year moratorium might give Congress enough time to implement appropriate rules."
Amazon says that groups like the International Center for Missing and Exploited Children will continue to have access to the technology.
Sounds like a job for Palantir.
Also at CNBC, Ars Technica, and (older) Amazon Says The Face Recognition Tech It Sells to Cops Can Now Detect 'Fear'.
Previously:
(2019-12-14) Palantir Wins New Pentagon Deal With $111 Million From the Army
IBM Will No Longer Offer, Develop, or Research Facial Recognition Technology
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Arik on Friday June 12 2020, @12:26AM (8 children)
Fuck amazon, fuck jeff bezos, I wanna take a drill, half inch, black and decker...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx7zto07wl8
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 12 2020, @01:00AM (3 children)
Memorable album from the better Ice, unfortunately this one [thejc.com] is still around.
(Score: 1) by Arik on Friday June 12 2020, @01:09AM (1 child)
But I won't hate on my brother. He's mistaken, not evil.
You've never been wrong?
C'mon. He's not even *entirely* wrong here. Just mostly.
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 12 2020, @01:24AM
I remember PE walking back Griffs bullshit and it's not like he doesn't.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 12 2020, @02:15AM
That star of David pic is probably gang-related rather anything to do with Jews.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 12 2020, @01:06AM
If the hope gets thwarted again in November, nothing prevents them to extend the "moratorium" another four years.
(Score: 3, Touché) by c0lo on Friday June 12 2020, @01:50AM
1. you don't know it for sure
2. but you can be sure now it was a service provided to the cops
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Friday June 12 2020, @02:03AM
Yeah, he was pretty funny in Law & Order...
Oh, and take your pick [amazon.com]...
For now, enjoy the theater, what choice do you have?
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 1) by Arik on Saturday June 13 2020, @01:00AM
FFS if I was seriously threatening him I would have been thinking about something more practical than an electric drill.
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?