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Amazon announces one-year ban on police use of facial recognition tech

Enlarge (credit: Thomas Winz / Getty) 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.

 

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