Law enforcement officials are still banned from using Amazon's facial recognition technology "until further notice," the company said on Wednesday, a decision that effectively extends a yearlong moratorium that had been set to expire on June 1 Known as Rekognition, the program in question has been widely criticized over the years for its dubious efficacy — it once Amazon extends moratorium on police use of facial recognition software Amazoncom Inc said on Tuesday it is extending until further notice a moratorium it imposed last year on police use of its facial recognition software The company had halted the practice for one year starting in June Amazoncom Inc said on Tuesday it is extending until further notice a moratorium it imposed last year on police use of its facial recognition software Its announcement came at the height of protests across the United States against police brutality toward people of color, sparked by the killing of George Floyd, a Black man, during an arrest in Minnesota
Amazon Bans Use Of Its Facial Recognition Tech By Us Police Amid Anti Racism Protests
