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After Amazon and IBM, Microsoft has now announced that it won't sell its facial recognition software to the police#BlackLivesMatter#GeorgeFloyd https://t.co/h2IEO12y3O
— Gadgets 360 (@Gadgets360) June 12, 2020
After Amazon and IBM, Microsoft is now banning sale of its face recognition software to the policehttps://t.co/h2IEO12y3O#BlackLivesMatter
— Gadgets 360 (@Gadgets360) June 12, 2020
A Microsoft employee literally wrote Washington’s facial recognition law and the company tried (but failed) to write California’s. @LorenaAD80 stopped it after lobbying by @SanDiegoTRUST and others. This is a good read on the larger debate https://t.co/qGsZCokZjP
— Jesse Marx (@marxjesse) June 12, 2020
New @washingtonpost:
— Geoffrey A. Fowler (@geoffreyfowler) June 12, 2020
Amazon, Microsoft & IBM say they're standing with #BlackLivesMatter on facial recognition tech.
Then why is Big Tech fighting civil rights groups on laws to restrict it?https://t.co/UA69oye7OL
"...the point isn’t just that facial recognition systems can misidentify faces, it’s that the technology itself can be used in biased ways by governments or corporations.”#facialrecognition #techforgood #AI #bias https://t.co/AXAlOXLdbn via @washingtonpost
— Theo - 劉䂀曼 (@psb_dc) June 13, 2020
This tweet from our technology director made it into the Washington Post! ? https://t.co/fX2qOOH0Xc https://t.co/4WfUVfOWVf
— S.T.O.P.—Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (@STOPSpyingNY) June 12, 2020
It’s been a big week for publicity stunts about facial recognition & racial justice.
— Geoffrey A. Fowler (@geoffreyfowler) June 12, 2020
But that alone won’t stop police from using this tech.
I asked @jovialjoy @BrandingBrandi @spivackjameson @lizjosullivan & @Matt_Cagle how to hold Big Tech accountable:https://t.co/LTJbiYyvVw
Activists and civil rights groups are already leading on this issue. Companies like Microsoft need to see that and stand with us, rather than against us. https://t.co/TS8oD1s9y3
— Matt Cagle (@Matt_Cagle) June 12, 2020
.@geoffreyfowler calls on Big Tech to stand back and allow facial recognition laws to move forward.https://t.co/j8PFFPnsgg
— Post Technology (@PostTech) June 12, 2020
Our executive director @FoxCahn is quoted in a CBS article today about facial recognition bias: "It's just deeply chilling to think that engaging in protected activity, exercising your most fundamental rights, could end you up in a police database." https://t.co/r92HlGPUne
— S.T.O.P.—Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (@STOPSpyingNY) June 12, 2020
Following Amazon, Microsoft will no longer sell facial-recognition software to policehttps://t.co/NZxMzYftvK
— Ava Armstrong, Author (@MsAvaArmstrong) June 12, 2020
Following #Amazon, #Microsoft will no longer sell #facial-#recognition #software to #policehttps://t.co/tg03GB3bpG
— Tulip Penney (@TulipPenney) June 12, 2020
New from on @politico: Tech giants are dialing up calls for Congress to legislate on facial recognition, as talks are resurging on Capitol Hill https://t.co/cExT88fVbS
— Cristiano Lima (@viaCristiano) June 13, 2020
An example from tech that I’ve written about:
— Geoffrey A. Fowler (@geoffreyfowler) June 14, 2020
Companies like Microsoft saying they stand with #BlackLivesMatter on police using dangerous facial recognition — but then fighting civil rights groups on laws to restrict it:https://t.co/UA69oye7OL