The Hill: House Democrat presses Amazon on facial recognition business

Washington, June 17, 2020

Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) sent a letter to Jeff Bezos Wednesday pressing the Amazon CEO for information about the company's one-year moratorium on selling facial recognition technology to law enforcement.
The e-commerce giant announced last week that its facial recognition tech, Rekognition, will not be sold directly to police for the next 12 months. The announcement, which came amid rising scrutiny of the technology driven by anti-police brutality protests, immediately drew criticism.

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