Jill Goldsmith Amazon Wednesday put a one year moratorium on police use of Rekognition — its controversial facial recognition technology — to allow Congress time to implement “appropriate rules.”It’s the latest in a flood of actions and reactions by businesses across media, entertainment and tech following the killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis two weeks ago.IBM on Monday announced it was getting out the facial recognition arena completely, citing concerns that it can be used for racial profiling, mass surveillance and “violations of basic humam rights and freedoms.”Amazon said in a blog post that it will continue to allow organizations like Thorn, the International Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and Marinus.
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