With support from civil liberties groups, two non-binding proposals on facial recognition made it to the ballot ahead of Amazon's shareholder meeting on Wednesday. A second would have requested a study by September of the extent to which Amazon's service harmed rights and privacy. A key congressional committee also met on Wednesday in Washington, D.C., to discuss the civil rights impact of all facial recognition technology, not only Amazon's. Responding to the shareholder vote, Democratic US Representative Jimmy Gomez said, "that just means that it's more important that Congress acts." That contrasts with New York, Chicago and Detroit, where law enforcement have reportedly used facial recognition or acquired it with the hope of speeding up post-crime investigations.

Source: The Star May 23, 2019 09:20 UTC