Big tech to Congress: Your move on facial recognition

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Big tech companies are dialing up the pressure on Congress to limit police use of facial recognition software

And some lawmakers are already calling for greater commitments from the industry.

“The initial response from big tech was to propose their own legislative solution,” she said. “This move was alarming. So yes, I am concerned that big tech will try to dictate those rules.” "I would love to be a fly on the wall at the board meeting where Amazon's government affairs team explains why it spent millions of dollars lobbying against a moratorium that it then decided to impose on itself," said the aide.

The unrest over Floyd’s killing is giving new urgency to complaints that the technology contributes to racial disparities in policing — and it's renewing calls for a legislative remedy.

 

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That’s funny. The same companies also use facial recognition to identify people in the billions of uploaded photos. And since most photos are taken by cell phones, most photos also contain GPS coordinates, so they know who, when and where.

Crack dealers to crack addicts: your move on this crack buy

CANCEL facial recognition tech!

А вы как думаете?

While were at it, can we go back to not letting th FBI spy on your computer without a fucking warrant?

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