Washington Post: Power Up: Pelosi tamps down rising Democratic cries for Trump Impeachment inquiry
Washington,
May 23, 2019
Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) who has been spearheading the conversation on regulating facial recognition technology on Capitol Hill, told Power Up that Amazon is “avoiding responsibility” when it comes to answering crucial questions of the surveillance technology. (Amazon owner Jeff Bezos also owns The Washington Post.) “We don't even know if Amazon is exporting the use of facial recognition technology — they won't tell us anything along those lines,” Gomez told us. “They're avoiding responsibility when it comes to that technology. So that leads to a lot of questions . . . This is something not on people's radars. And once people start to think about it and learn about it, there are all sorts of red flags and so much potential for abuse.” “This technology is starting to be deployed so widely and there are no boundaries on the technology,” Gomez added. “In a lot of situations, people haven’t signed up for this kind of intrusion. So this is just the beginning and we will step in and ask these hard questions. People want legislation on both sides of the aisle.” |
