Microsoft won’t sell facial recognition to police until Congress passes new privacy law – #microsoft #facialrecognition #pricaxy #laws #congress #US #police – #RoadmapForSuccess
June 11, 2020 No Comments Technology Adam E. Williams
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Microsoft has followed competitors Amazon and IBM in restricting how it provides facial recognition technology to third parties, in particular to law enforcement agencies. The company says that it does not currently provide the technology to police, but it’s now saying it will not do so until there are federal laws governing how it can be deployed safely and without infringing on human rights or civil liberties.

IBM said earlier this week it will outright cease all sales, development, and research of the controversial tech. Amazon on Wednesday said it would stop providing it to police for one year to give Congress time to put in place “stronger regulations to govern the ethical use of facial recognition technology.”

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