Daily Dot: Congressman identified as criminal by Amazon demands answers on facial recognition moratorium

A member of the House of Representatives who was misidentified as a criminal in an experiment using Amazon’s facial recognition software told the company its recent announcement of a one-year moratorium on police use of the technology “raises more questions than answers.”
 Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) sent a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos this week where he raised questions about the retail giant’s announcement that it would halt police use of facial recognition technology for a year.

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