Amazon's facial analysis program is building a dystopic future for trans and nonbinary people https://t.co/Dp5JnqVTab pic.twitter.com/uanpkLIwAD

— Jezebel (@Jezebel) June 27, 2019

So @dmehro built a working model of Rekognition, Amazon's facial recognition and analysis software, and discovered it does some pretty disturbing shit with images of trans and nonbinary people. https://t.co/kk2lpfylFx

— Anna Merlan (@annamerlan) June 27, 2019

This feature by @annamerlan and @dmehro is important, terrifying, and speaks volumes about the limitations of the tech that affects the way we live our day to day lives, particularly for people who are marginalized https://t.co/5UWNfAgeGD

— J. Escobedo Shepherd (@jawnita) June 27, 2019

"What happens when a cop looks at your license and your machine predicted gender doesn’t match what they see?" A crucial investigation into Amazon's erasure of vulnerable populations, by @annamerlan and @dmehro https://t.co/UUKS0IALtF

— Alexis Sobel Fitts (@fittsofalexis) June 27, 2019

Building trans accommodation into facial recognition wouldn't seem a priority. Until you realize the consequences of not:

"A world governed by these tools is one that erases entire populations. It’s a world where individuals have to conform to be seen…"https://t.co/lofg9h0OkX

— Mercedes Allen ?️‍? (@Mercedes_Allen) June 27, 2019

"What happens when you can’t use a bathroom because an AI lock thinks that you shouldn’t be there?" A look at how Amazon's powerful new facial recognition and analysis system, and others like it, pose a great danger to already vulnerable populations https://t.co/RarL78BpZa pic.twitter.com/Dp8a2ZUW9z

— Jezebel (@Jezebel) June 27, 2019

This is hysterical.
This article complains that a facial recognition system cannot identify 'non binary' or trans people.
OF COURSE NOT.
It it looking at faces.
It can't mind read.
It can only identify what you are, not what you THINK you are. https://t.co/TeqDGbH5SD

— RealDyke=Adult Human Female (@esjayXX) June 28, 2019

On the surface, it’s great that tech companies & politicians across the aisle want to regulate facial recognition tech. Thankfully, @sidneyfussell doesn’t accept superficial appearances. Grateful he let me voice suspicion about untrustworthy motives. https://t.co/vovZiMWG0C

— Evan Selinger (@EvanSelinger) June 28, 2019

The Strange Politics of Facial Recognition—Everyone seems to have found common ground on the emerging technology. That’s exactly what its makers want | via @TheAtlantic #ResponsibleAI https://t.co/rtpZSIIvc4

— Rob McCargow (@RobMcCargow) June 29, 2019

“The racial-accuracy problem is a distraction; how the technology is used matters, and that’s where policy could prevent abuse.” ⁦@sidneyfussell⁩ is, hands down, one of our best guides on the stakes of technologically-enabled and exacerbated inequality https://t.co/f21DlSJj7N

— Alondra Nelson (@alondra) June 28, 2019

The louder a tech company's call for regulation, the more likely that company will support weak regulation that entrenches its business model.

Let's call it the Brad Smith principle.

via @sidneyfussell https://t.co/Gzis6mIX9h

— Matt Cagle (@Matt_Cagle) June 28, 2019

“In calling for regulation, Microsoft and Amazon have pulled a neat trick: Instead of making the debate about whether facial recognition should be widely adopted, they’ve made it about how such adoption would work.“@sidneyfussell with the ?https://t.co/40xfRmCYce

— Jevan Hutson (@jevanhutson) June 28, 2019

Sound the alarm: Facial recognition technology refuses to honor pronouns or fake gender identities.https://t.co/Ia7V8vb7sM

— James Shupe (Formerly Jamie Shupe) (@NotableDesister) June 29, 2019

Unregulated facial recognition technology presents unique risks for the LGBTQ+ community | TechCrunch https://t.co/OUgrNGACru

— daniel harvey (@dancharvey) June 29, 2019

Good example of how the woke taboo on discussing biological sex as a reality leads to a huge muddle – and on a topic, facial recognition, that urgently needs coherent criticism https://t.co/862EYr1NHj

— Oliver Burkeman (@oliverburkeman) June 29, 2019

And if you *are* interested in the unintended consequences of Amazon’s surveillance apparatus, you should also read this fascinating investigation by @annamerlan & @dmehro into how Rekognition systematically misgenders trans and nonbinary people. https://t.co/qknQKpeIIF

— Will Oremus (@WillOremus) June 27, 2019

what is maybe most relevant about this is that models of facial recognition/predictive policing/etc still aren’t really functional technologies but act as technocratic justifications for policies that already existhttps://t.co/8xYP08h9QT

— anemone (@femalehysteria) June 29, 2019

The facial recognition tool Rekognition "is designed around Amazon’s assumptions about gender identity, an omission that becomes even more disturbing as Amazon’s software gets silently integrated into our lives" — @annamerlan and Dhruv Mehrotra in @Jezebel https://t.co/cWxqKVCCUJ

— Privacy Project (@PrivacyProject) June 28, 2019

Olympic grievance mongering
They're whinging that facial recognition s/w tells what your biological sex is
Not what you "identify" as

How on Earth it could do that
No one knows

I'm not 100% in favor of all this AI
But hurt feelz ain't a reason to stophttps://t.co/U46KT1AgBQ https://t.co/Zgmx3zuUaE

— Jim Hanson (@Uncle_Jimbo) June 28, 2019

Sickeningly predictable. Facial rec REALLY needs to go in the "thought it was a good idea but we were wrong" bin.https://t.co/NOc58C97sJ

— Damien, (@Wolven) June 28, 2019

Amazon's Facial Analysis Program Is Building A Dystopic Future For Trans And Nonbinary People https://t.co/bd5IHuVn6q via @jezebel

— ?️‍⚧️⚢ TransEthics™??‍♀️?️‍? #FreeChelseaManning (@TransEthics) June 28, 2019

oh, good https://t.co/usq6ejO3Gl

— cron mom (@sophaskins) June 28, 2019

A good read - Amazon's Facial Analysis Program Is Building A Dystopic Future For Trans And Nonbinary People https://t.co/B4fesmGIg3 via @jezebel

— Madison✶?️‍⚧️ (@MBragiel) June 28, 2019

This is hysterical.
This article complains that a facial recognition system cannot identify 'non binary' or trans people.
OF COURSE NOT.
It it looking at faces.
It can't mind read.
It can only identify what you are, not what you THINK you are. https://t.co/TeqDGbH5SD

— RealDyke=Adult Human Female (@esjayXX) June 28, 2019

Investigation finds that Amazon's Rekognition frequently misgenders trans, queer, and nonbinary individuals by design, further alienating a marginalized group https://t.co/j9Mx2hAXCW pic.twitter.com/SF5QLGxXwi

— Dries Buytaert (@Dries) June 28, 2019

The TERF brigade is real mad about this story which is yet another reason to read it ??? https://t.co/kk2lpfylFx

— Anna Merlan (@annamerlan) June 28, 2019

"Automatic Gender Recognition" - kill me now. "Amazon's Facial Analysis Program Is Building A Dystopic Future For Trans And Nonbinary People" https://t.co/AFFUHKFy4e via @jezebel

— scamjanette (@__anjanette) June 28, 2019

.@EvanSelinger very interesting! Does the push for federal regulation on #facialrecognition by #Microsoft and #Amazon aim to prevent more robust local regulation?Is bipartisan consensus 'against #facialrecognition' in fact in the interest of #tech? Smart! https://t.co/uBc6Laa67e

— Dorothea Baur (@DorotheaBaur) June 30, 2019

The Strange Politics of Facial Recognition https://t.co/Ul4uukXlnW pic.twitter.com/XywEZiF3t2

— #TheResistance (@SocialPowerOne1) June 30, 2019

Facial analysis software has no categories for trans or non-binary people. Facial analysis by gender, ethnicity & age is increasingly used to trigger tailored ads & messages and to regulate access to places & services. What can possibly go wrong? #ict4d https://t.co/MaTevT5STp pic.twitter.com/q91hmkdgDY

— Tony Roberts (@phat_controller) June 30, 2019

Amazon's Facial Analysis Program Is Building A Dystopic Future For Trans And Nonbinary People https://t.co/WNDP2Qr4AZ

— Tactical Tech (@Info_Activism) June 30, 2019