Shareholders & civil society groups urge Amazon to halt sale of facial recognition software to law enforcement agencies

Amazon implements a one-year moratorium on police use of its facial recognition technology & supports federal regulation in the US

နေ့စွဲ:: 12 Jun 2020
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Amazon halts police use of Rekognition; Access Now calls for creation of human rights team at the company

နေ့စွဲ:: 12 Jun 2020
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USA: Whole Foods employees demand Amazon cease business deals providing ICE with controversial software and technical support

နေ့စွဲ:: 13 Aug 2019
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Shareholders vote against proposals seeking to halt Amazon's sale of its facial recognition technology to govt. agencies

နေ့စွဲ:: 22 May 2019
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Amazon faces investor pressure over facial recognition

နေ့စွဲ:: 21 May 2019
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Shareholders to present slate of proposals at Amazon annual meeting focused on human rights & environmental issues

နေ့စွဲ:: 29 Apr 2019
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A win for shareholders in effort to halt sales of Amazon's allegedly racially biased surveillance technology

နေ့စွဲ:: 4 Apr 2019
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A.I. experts question Amazon's facial recognition technology

နေ့စွဲ:: 3 Apr 2019
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Commentary: Thoughts on recent research paper and associated article on Amazon Rekognition

နေ့စွဲ:: 28 Jan 2019
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Commentary: Amazon should halt use of facial recognition technology for policing & govt. surveillance

နေ့စွဲ:: 28 Jan 2019
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Commentary: Facial recognition can be positive but companies need to ensure human rights are upheld

နေ့စွဲ:: 3 Dec 2018
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Amazon recommends 99% or higher confidence match when using facial recognition for law enforcement

နေ့စွဲ:: 27 Jul 2018
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Amazon workers oppose sale of the co's technology to US immigration

နေ့စွဲ:: 12 Jul 2018
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Commentary: When the robot doesn't see dark skin

နေ့စွဲ:: 9 Jul 2018
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Amazon shareholders ask company to stop selling facial recognition technology to governments following NGO warnings

နေ့စွဲ:: 22 Jun 2018
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Amazon general manager of artificial intelligence highlights positive uses of Rekognition & acceptable use policy

နေ့စွဲ:: 20 Jun 2018
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Amazon urged not to sell facial recognition software to police

နေ့စွဲ:: 19 Jun 2018
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Letter from Nationwide Coalition to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos regarding Rekognition

နေ့စွဲ:: 18 Jun 2018
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Letter from shareholders to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos regarding Rekognition

နေ့စွဲ:: 15 Jun 2018
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Amazon non-response

နေ့စွဲ:: 12 Jun 2018
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Amazon urged to disclose public bias testing data for its facial recognition software; co. didn't respond

နေ့စွဲ:: 12 Jun 2018
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Shareholders & civil society groups urge Amazon to halt sale of facial recognition software to law enforcement agencies

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Amazon implements a one-year moratorium on police use of its facial recognition technology & supports federal regulation in the US

Amazon halts police use of Rekognition; Access Now calls for creation of human rights team at the company

USA: Whole Foods employees demand Amazon cease business deals providing ICE with controversial software and technical support

Shareholders vote against proposals seeking to halt Amazon's sale of its facial recognition technology to govt. agencies

Amazon faces investor pressure over facial recognition

Shareholders to present slate of proposals at Amazon annual meeting focused on human rights & environmental issues

A win for shareholders in effort to halt sales of Amazon's allegedly racially biased surveillance technology

A.I. experts question Amazon's facial recognition technology

Commentary: Thoughts on recent research paper and associated article on Amazon Rekognition

Commentary: Amazon should halt use of facial recognition technology for policing & govt. surveillance

Commentary: Facial recognition can be positive but companies need to ensure human rights are upheld

Amazon recommends 99% or higher confidence match when using facial recognition for law enforcement

Amazon workers oppose sale of the co's technology to US immigration

Commentary: When the robot doesn't see dark skin

Amazon shareholders ask company to stop selling facial recognition technology to governments following NGO warnings

Amazon general manager of artificial intelligence highlights positive uses of Rekognition & acceptable use policy

Amazon urged not to sell facial recognition software to police

Letter from Nationwide Coalition to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos regarding Rekognition

Letter from shareholders to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos regarding Rekognition

Amazon non-response

Amazon urged to disclose public bias testing data for its facial recognition software; co. didn't respond