Gizmodo: U.S. Lawmaker Calls Out Amazon's 'Performative' Support of Black Lives Matter
Washington,
June 17, 2020
Last week, Amazon made a terse announcement that it would institute a “one-year moratorium on police use of Amazon’s facial recognition technology,” known as Rekognition, in response to the wave of global protests against police brutality spurred by the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. At least one lawmaker is unsatisfied by the company’s limp new commitment to racial justice. |