Microsoft joins Amazon in banning face-recognition

Microsoft joins Amazon in banning face-recognition technology sales to police

Hindu

Published 12 Jun 2020

The Microsoft announcement came shortly after rival Amazon.com Inc declared it was pausing police use of its “Rekognition" service for a year and International Business Machines Corp said it no longer offers the software generally

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Microsoft joins Amazon in banning face-recognition technology sales to police

Microsoft joins Amazon in banning face-recognition technology sales to police

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