SEATTLE: Amazon on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) announced a one-year ban on letting police use its facial recognition technology, calling for strong government regulations for its ethical use. “We’re implementing a one-year moratorium on police use of Amazon’s facial recognition technology,” the Seattle-based computing and retail titan said in a blog post. The petition takes aim at Amazon Web Services cloud computing unit’s “Rekognition” facial recognition technology and Ring surveillance cameras used for home security. “We’ve advocated that governments should put in place stronger regulations to govern the ethical use of facial recognition technology,” Amazon said in the post. “Face recognition technology gives governments the unprecedented power to spy on us wherever we go,” Ozer said.

Source: Manila Times June 11, 2020 16:29 UTC