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Amazon halts police use of its facial recognition technology

from NPR

Amazon halts police use of its facial recognition technology NPR Amazon announced a one-year moratorium on police use of its facial-recognition technology, yielding to pressure from police-reform advocates and civil rights groups. It is unclear how many law enforcement agencies in the U.S. deploy Amazon's artificial intelligence tool, but an official with the Washington County Sheriff's Office in Oregon confirmed that it will be suspending its use of Amazon's facial recognition technology. READ MORE

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