So now the clock is ticking. What happens if there are no norms, standards, or regulations in a year? https://t.co/LB81IjTB4L

— Amy Webb (@amywebb) June 10, 2020

One year? Feels a little like a band-aid on a bullet wound but okay it's still a W https://t.co/5TYsOPPji9

— Fiddler (@cFidd) June 10, 2020

This "temporary ban" on police tech is a blatant PR stunt. Stop development immediately & don't lobby against long term policy bans against policing/military tech.

Living in a reality where our rights are granted at the fickle whim of corporate profit exhausts me!!! https://t.co/SjaPnBIp2A

— Raksha 4 Abolition (@Raxsha) June 10, 2020

First IBM, now Amazon: a one year moratorium on facial recognition.

Credit goes to @jovialjoy @timnitGebru @rajiinio and all those who have worked to show the dangers of these systems. https://t.co/ey6L13bct7

— Kate Crawford (@katecrawford) June 10, 2020

.@Amazon has just announced a one-year moratorium on police use of its dangerous "Rekognition" facial recognition tool.

But Amazon's @ring still partners with 1300 law enforcement agencies to put surveillance tech in the hands of unaccountable police. https://t.co/Linn60LLV1

— EFF (@EFF) June 10, 2020

Amazon is introducing a one-year moratorium on police use its facial recognition technology. Follows IBM’s similar announcement this week. Still need the fine print, but kind of a remarkable week for the fight over facial recognition tech none the less. https://t.co/OvTvmBjObw

— Ariel Bogle (@arielbogle) June 10, 2020

“An experiment run by the ACLU in 2018 showed Rekognition incorrectly matched 28 members of Congress to photos of people arrested for a crime. It overwhelmingly misidentified Congress members who are not white.” https://t.co/jbSQlvUegF

— Mireille Hildebrandt (@mireillemoret) June 11, 2020

alright gang, that’s one year for us to destroy amazon https://t.co/t9pvd5etj0

— vanessa taylor (@BaconTribe) June 10, 2020

Why democratic governments have failed to regulate the most human rights violating technologies in the first place is beyond me. Momentum to course correct is now ↘️ https://t.co/8ur0gnlVxP

— Marietje Schaake (@MarietjeSchaake) June 11, 2020

It’s also worth noting that in 2018, Ring (which Amazon owns) sent this video to police saying that the company is working on “future versions” that “will allow for suspicious activity detection and person recognition.”https://t.co/myZ1evWxYXhttps://t.co/N7XRfYyUve

— Cyrus Farivar (@cfarivar) June 10, 2020

Amazon posted a 102-word blog that leaves us with a lot of questions about how it can/can't still distribute Rekognition.

In response to just a few of these questions, an Amazon rep told me, "We’re not answering any further questions at this time."https://t.co/JsoLf3lwIE

— Caroline Haskins (@carolineha_) June 11, 2020

lol "for a year"

good grief https://t.co/JW24EGXBP4

— mehedi hassan (@mehedih_) June 10, 2020

Imagine being Jeff Bezos and doing this after IBM announces they won’t work with law enforcement and 20 mins after NASCAR banned confederate flags lol. https://t.co/cPDCjb2hN2

— Negrodamus ??‍♂️ (@jumoffit) June 10, 2020

"We hope this one-year moratorium might give Congress enough time to implement appropriate rules, and we stand ready to help if requested.”

NARRATOR: Even by 2022, Congress did not pass appropriate rules.https://t.co/N7XRfYyUve

— Cyrus Farivar (@cfarivar) June 10, 2020

A few days after IBM makes a similar announcement, Amazon says its banning police use of facial recognition technology for one year https://t.co/dbiTmTSKPV

— Lauren Hirsch (@LaurenSHirsch) June 10, 2020

Who thought spelling it with a K was a good idea? https://t.co/CynyqgpKwL

— Ice Cubid-19 ✡️???‍♂️ (@EvelKneidel) June 11, 2020

one year, or the amount of time amazon thinks it takes us to forget about something, https://t.co/TYGlUqbdBW

— rax ‘i yield my time FUCK YOU’ king (@RaxKingIsDead) June 10, 2020

In a 2019 survey before current controversies about police, more than Half of U.S. adults said they trusted law enforcement to use facial recognition technology responsibly https://t.co/nBo6rry19x https://t.co/BjWFlYCeoY

— Pew Research Fact Tank (@FactTank) June 10, 2020

A one year PAUSE?
You mean you are trying to DEFLECT our attention until the HEAT DIES DOWN and then it's back to business as usual... https://t.co/VDf5Aecunj

— Black Authority (@TheBlackChannel) June 10, 2020

New: Amazon's says it'll put a moratorium on police using its controversial facial recognition tech for 1 year. But it says nothing about cutting off access to federal agencies or law enforcement. Amazon declined to comment.https://t.co/QwDikv7wrL…

— Zack Whittaker (@zackwhittaker) June 10, 2020

Seattle mayor "banned" use of tear gas for 30 days.

Now, Amazon will halt use of facial recognition tool for 1 year.

Is this some bizarre west coast Democrat thing? Like if you quarantine things that cause human rights violations for a period, they may lose their abusiveness? https://t.co/MwZ9EPQYc1

— Kevin Gosztola (@kgosztola) June 10, 2020

Nothing in this statement about whether:

1) AWS will stop taking contracts from police agencies
2) ICE is using Rekognition, & if so, whether they'll now stop
3) No commitment to end to the Ring doorbell camera partnerships with police

Let's hold off celebrating just yet. pic.twitter.com/Dk3CrdfxrW

— Mijente ??? (@ConMijente) June 10, 2020

This is a pretty narrow halt - only on police use, and not on any gathering of face data or providing additional access or deletion rights to it.

I mean, it's still a win. But doesn't address a lot of problems. https://t.co/mHGT1NbqiR

— Amie Stepanovich (@astepanovich) June 10, 2020

Amazon calls a 1yr moratorium on providing its facial recognition tech to the police. This is a big move it had previously resisted on philosophical grounds. https://t.co/G4XhpOVerE

— Leo Kelion (@LeoKelion) June 10, 2020

Hey you guys, why not take a year off before we go back to being the machine world from The Matrix.

That’s a nice empty gesture if I’ve ever seen one. An actual, non virtue signaling gesture, would be eliminating the technology altogether. https://t.co/wB1GvHihuq

— Quoth the Raven (@QTRResearch) June 10, 2020

couldn't agree less

it's a pure pr move that comes with an expiration date, timed for the outrage to pass https://t.co/TaATc2IabM

— Maria Bustillos (@mariabustillos) June 11, 2020

amazon said “state of the art dystopian surveillance technology is a privilege, not a right.” and during pride month?

we love activism ❤️ https://t.co/cpq9v90qTt

— ????? ?????? (@calebsaysthings) June 10, 2020

Protests work.https://t.co/4lc91ss1vS

— Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) June 10, 2020

Lmao don’t shit yourselves from straining so hard https://t.co/Zgq9gqo0G0

— Listen to @onbeliefpod & @ongriefpodcast Li'l ? (@karengeier) June 10, 2020

Even by dystopian facial recognition standards, Rekognition is horrible. Ineffective, biased, and aggressively pushed on cops as we've shown before. It must be shelved entirely https://t.co/m5eQn0puvf

— Jason Koebler (@jason_koebler) June 10, 2020

a one-year moratorium seems like amazon trying to cover their ass by placing a lace handkerchief in front of it https://t.co/iXXWusTMgS

— jes skolnik (@modernistwitch) June 10, 2020

“Banned until this all blows over.” https://t.co/m5XpypH0mZ

— Sean Heber (@BigZaphod) June 10, 2020

No facial recognition system should be deployed unless there are ironclad rules to protect Americans against inaccurate, discriminatory algorithms and misuse. That goes double for people of color, who are more likely to be wrongly identified and subject to FR for no reason. https://t.co/qyL9pWu9yV

— Ron Wyden (@RonWyden) June 10, 2020

Reminder that this tech has potentially heinous civil liberties implications because it is less accurate in IDing people with darker complexions, and Amazon was pitching it to ICE https://t.co/MGqdwd5ODu https://t.co/SsKnWmW75C

— Andrea Peterson (@kansasalps) June 10, 2020

Shareholders asked Amazon *a year ago* to stop selling its facial recognition to law enforcement after the ACLU found it falsely matched several Black members of Congress as criminals in a mugshot database. Amazon defeated the effort.https://t.co/QwDikv7wrL pic.twitter.com/z9Sw2IRyAo

— Zack Whittaker (@zackwhittaker) June 10, 2020

Speaking of things Amazon won't comment on: the company also declined to say if it was putting a pause on its lobbying efforts for facial recognition along with its moratorium.

Amazon spent $16.1 million lobbying Congress in 2019 https://t.co/OG3cvhS5ye

— alfred ? (@alfredwkng) June 10, 2020

is this amazons version of mayor jenny implementing a 30 day ban on pepper spray in seattle? https://t.co/uxkTlv2krL

— Fred (@WaywardWinifred) June 10, 2020

when it comes back next year it'll be draped in kente cloth https://t.co/S0xCQPJnd3

— sid thee fussell (@sidneyfussell) June 10, 2020

what happens in one year, does racism expire or something https://t.co/mNGU1XiioI

— Alex Jacquez (@AlexSJacquez) June 10, 2020

If this is the rationale, why set an arbitrary deadline? Why not say they will ban police use of the software until “stronger regulations” are in place?

Or also like, forever. https://t.co/bVleJkQqJ2 pic.twitter.com/Ycp4nbL73o

— Briahna Joy Gray (@briebriejoy) June 11, 2020

rekkkognition isnt going away tho https://t.co/HRSR63WDYH

— Talia Lavin (@chick_in_kiev) June 10, 2020

one whole year?! Don’t hurt yourself https://t.co/Yv3cJ19Tvz

— Imani Gandy ☄️?? (@AngryBlackLady) June 10, 2020

This is almost unbelievable! Nonstop activism + timing = Amazon has finally relented and is making a move in the right direction: implementing a one-year moratorium on the police use of its facial recognition tech, Rekognition! h/t @BrendaKLeong https://t.co/W5fWEaHtpY

— Evan Selinger (@EvanSelinger) June 10, 2020

i can't even remember what happened last week so one year seems troubling https://t.co/HrNEajKlPj

— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) June 10, 2020

Facial recognition has been a major concern for privacy-conscious protesters. But without federal/widespread state regulation, there's still other facial recognition companies that will continue to contract with the government with little guidance. https://t.co/NNA3LEqgO8

— Lauren Feiner (@lauren_feiner) June 10, 2020

Except “to help rescue victims of human trafficking” with Ashton Kutcher’s charity, among others https://t.co/1mI9WI4rrp

— Melissa Gira Grant (@melissagira) June 10, 2020

These invasive extreme technologies should be banned given their potential for abuse. The rise of surveillance capitalism & state suppression of freedom of speech & assembly demonstrate that power is already being abused & this would fuel that abuse.
https://t.co/957vASbRnl

— Glen Murray (@Glen4Climate) June 11, 2020

Finally! @AnimaAnandkumar, remind me, how long exactly have you been calling for this? https://t.co/k3rSk70lp6

— Vasu Raman (@likeavass) June 10, 2020

Amazon's 1yr ban on police use of facial recognition was striking bc it had dismissed criticism more than its peers. But even in retreating, it admitted nothing--no statement about the protests, no acknowledgement of its own role in the policing of Americahttps://t.co/6O9wPQA9ZP

— Karen Weise (@KYWeise) June 11, 2020

Technology giant @amazon has placed a one-year pause on police use of its #facialrecognition technology. Does that go far enough? Weigh in on @thelauracoates show 866-801-TALK https://t.co/8g7F8k08wc

— SiriusXM Urban View (@SXMUrbanView) June 11, 2020

FRT has been shown to hold the same racial biases as humans - (1) FRT misidentifies BIPOC at alarming rates increasing possibility of wrongful convictions (2) FRT is disproportionately deployed in racialized communities contributing to their over-policing https://t.co/VhrGnpwqze

— Sara Little (@sara_m_little) June 11, 2020

Facial recog is biased. It mis-IDs dark-skinned faces more than white ones. Can lead to wrongful arrest + conviction. Magnifies systemic racism. Amazon is right to stop selling it to police.

Amazon Puts Moratorium on Facial Recognition Software by Police https://t.co/mU7lBq9yQR

— Jill Presser (@JillPresser) June 11, 2020

Here's the story @natashanyt and I are updating https://t.co/6O9wPQA9ZP

— Karen Weise (@KYWeise) June 10, 2020

It's right to hit pause on facial recognition software!

Amazon Pauses Police Use of Its Facial Recognition Software
The company said it hoped the moratorium “might give Congress enough time to put in place appropriate rules” for the technology.https://t.co/o04uN749E3

— Charles Mok 莫乃光 (@charlesmok) June 11, 2020

Amazon is pausing its facial recognition program for police for a year — but that’s not enough (story by @Indianidle) https://t.co/VTNozWlZTb

— TNW (@thenextweb) June 11, 2020

I don't think this is Amazon having some sort of awakening about how surveillance has impacted communities of color

I think the PR situation had become untenable https://t.co/lgeQtZcygs

— Louise Matsakis (@lmatsakis) June 11, 2020

Amazon Won't Let Police Use Its #FacialRecognition Tech for One Year. Amid nationwide protests over police brutality, the company is stopping law enforcement from using its most controversial product. https://t.co/Ren3xNRn4r #Infosec #privacy pic.twitter.com/TyX2EnqwGM

— Reg Saddler (@zaibatsu) June 11, 2020

THREAD@Amazon, stop performative #BlackLivesMatter support. Immediately end your police surveillance contracts with 1,360 police departments - including 30 added since the murder of George Floyd (one only 9 miles away from Minneapolis) #AntiBlackAmazonhttps://t.co/BJQw5jIEhJ

— Athena ? (@athenaforall) June 10, 2020

Amazon announced that it is placing a one-year moratorium on police use of Rekognition, its facial recognition software that has repeatedly been shown to be biased against Black and brown people. https://t.co/DEa5Dqn8AA

— VICE (@VICE) June 10, 2020

New: Amazon announced is stopping police use of Rekognition, its facial recognition software that has repeatedly been shown to be biased against Black and brown people, for a year. https://t.co/bfnmQYKucT

— Motherboard (@motherboard) June 10, 2020

proud to declare my one year moratorium on clubbing baby seals https://t.co/wjO4o9xQSf

— Emanuel Eggberg (@emanuelmaiberg) June 10, 2020

아마존, 정부기관에 제공하던 얼굴인식 서비스 1년간 중단하고 정부 차원의 규제 촉구. IBM도 비슷한 취지의 성명을 낸 바 있는데, 철저하게 이익을 1순위로 내세우는 아마존이 동참할줄은 몰랐네요. https://t.co/zvNsRqGdSF

— 나가토 유키 (@nagato708) June 11, 2020

Amazon’s decision comes after IBM said it was curtailing its facial-recognition activities amid widespread concerns about bias https://t.co/scPZgdblFE

— Jamarlin Martin (@JamarlinMartin) June 10, 2020

The core problem with a technology that is inherently degrading to our dignity as human beings is not that it’s degrading unequally. https://t.co/KwM8F9xDoL

— Ari Schulman (@AriSchulman) June 11, 2020

Moment of reckoning ... or something else?

Amazon’s decision comes after IBM said it was curtailing its facial-recognition activities amid widespread concerns about bias #facialrecognition #AI #Ethics https://t.co/TMiZplGoZX via @WSJ @asafitch pic.twitter.com/bnQqoEUE0S

— Theo - 劉䂀曼 (@psb_dc) June 11, 2020

Amazon’s decision comes after IBM said it was curtailing its facial-recognition activities amid widespread concerns about bias https://t.co/syEcpv86AC

— Ebony Reed (@EbonyReed) June 11, 2020

Amazon Suspends Police Use of Its Facial-Recognition Technologyhttps://t.co/PhZ03Ks0x4

— blmohr (@blmohr) June 11, 2020

Amazon’s decision comes after IBM said it was curtailing its facial-recognition activities amid widespread concerns about bias https://t.co/21EFh9scAG via @WSJ

— Ed Barbini (@ebarbini) June 11, 2020

Amazon’s decision comes after IBM said it was curtailing its facial-recognition activities amid widespread concerns about bias https://t.co/Yn1yHMd9NZ

— Linda Hill (@bulldoghill) June 11, 2020

First IBM, now Amazon https://t.co/RU9Cicpctn

— Meeri Haataja (@meerihaataja) June 11, 2020

libs have always been pro crime... now Bezos makes it official... https://t.co/gVDuAwZxJj

— will lindsay (@Obumasucks) June 11, 2020

Amazon’s decision comes after IBM said it was curtailing its facial-recognition activities amid widespread concerns about bias#geopolitics of #tech and #freedom https://t.co/xvv9M6Zue1

— Thami GHORFI (@TGHORFI) June 10, 2020

No longer helping the #police with their inquiries: #Amazon and #IBM withhold #facialrecognition software amid widespread concerns about bias https://t.co/8wJ1LFCMxF via @WSJ

— Ian Cowie (@iancowie) June 10, 2020

NEW: Amazon announced it would stop supplying U.S. police officers with its facial recognition technology for one year amid a nationwide push for police reform.https://t.co/p0yBhSEea8

— Axios (@axios) June 10, 2020

Amazon place a one year halt to supplying police with its facial recognition technology amid police force reforms in the USA...

Great news for privacy, great news for rioters, great news for everybody?https://t.co/wRPO8axnDs

— Darren of Plymouth ?? (@DarrenPlymouth) June 11, 2020

Amazon says it will stop supplying the police its facial recognition technology for 1 year amid calls for reforms

Meanwhile, a study found the systems offered by Amazon, Microsoft & IBM largely failed to identify POC

IBM has exited the market altogether https://t.co/6e5TZtT0nm

— Mel ? the Enforcer (@Fah_Lo_Me) June 11, 2020

After engaging @Amazon on use of #Rekognition by police, @IASJ_org responds to the moratorium: “It’s not a long-term solution, but it’s a recognition that more caution is needed, especially given the crisis of #policebrutality in the US.” - @gallagher_mb https://t.co/LOJwCtdGjm

— Investor Advocates for Social Justice (@IASJ_org) June 11, 2020

Amazon bars police from using its facial recognition technology https://t.co/E5FwgafQgO via @financialtimes

— Geraint Rees (@profgeraintrees) June 11, 2020

Amazon bars police from using its facial recognition technology. One-year moratorium comes amid controversy over potential racial bias in Rekognition algorithm. #AWS #Amazon #AI #Rekognition \\ FT \\ https://t.co/b6x2zLRE7g

— eric (@kinolina) June 11, 2020

記事の本筋からはそれるけど、有色人種をうまく判別できない問題は、以下の方法で解決できる（したの）かも...
[AIで人種を分類] → [各人種用AIで性別を分類] → [人種/性別に特化したAIで顔認証]
例）アジア人と判定 → 男性と判定 → アジア人男性用AIでAbekawaと判定https://t.co/3rx1sh4YxD

— Aki Abekawa (@AkiGenialTech1) June 11, 2020

That's two.https://t.co/0XqcuQQ7hZ

— King County WA #wtp2020 ? (@IndKingCountyWA) June 10, 2020

密林が米警察の顔認証技術を売らないのを発表したが、
追随してマイクロソフトも顔認証ソフト売らないと発表https://t.co/nh4h7jZjU6https://t.co/IJe6VWYi5K

— いつも悩んでる人 (@kackiee) June 11, 2020

A byproduct of police reform in this country is going to be the regulation of A.I. & facial recognition technology.

Amazon has put a 1yr moratorium of police use of their AI. IBM is getting out of the business all together.#ONEV1 https://t.co/OmaIxwMRJI

— Javier Vasquez. (@rjaviervasquez) June 11, 2020

Amazon will ban the use of its facial recognition technology by law enforcement agencies for one year amid pressure from police-reform advocates and civil rights groups.https://t.co/xhJMbUnXaH

— NPR (@NPR) June 11, 2020

MIT Media Lab PhD student’s research sheds light on threats A.I. poses to civil rights, democracy. ⁦@medialab⁩ @mit #AI https://t.co/Ma3lERdaYE

— MIT SA+P (@mitsap) June 11, 2020

Amazon announced it would be halting police use of their facial recognition technology.

The technology has been criticized for providing inaccurate results for people with darker skin, and its bias against women and younger people.https://t.co/ADedsvUiB3

— Up First (@UpFirst) June 11, 2020

How your tech and services are used (or not used) matters. Exercise your agency. Amazon pushes the pause button: a one-year moratorium on police use of its facial-recognition technology. https://t.co/Et9EnhF2ED

— Josh Clark (@bigmediumjosh) June 11, 2020

Amazon's announcement follows IBM indicating this week that it would quit the facial-recognition business altogether. https://t.co/agQFPLWJ7i

— All Tech Considered (@npralltech) June 10, 2020