Business Insider: A Congressman misidentified by Amazon’s facial recognition software says the company’s decision to suspend police usage ‘raises more questions than answers’
Washington,
June 25, 2020
When the American Civil Liberties Union tested Amazon's controversial facial recognition technology on photos of Congress members in 2018, the software incorrectly matched 28 members with the mugshots of people who had been arrested for a crime, with the mis-identifications disproportionately affecting people of color.
Rep. Jimmy Gomez of California was one of the ones affected. He considers the ACLU's Rekognition test an "eye-opening moment" for him. Since then, he's been pushing Amazon for more information on the technology, writing multiple letters to the company for more information. And he's not letting up in light of recent events. Full Article |
