Tech giant Microsoft has announced it will refuse to sell facial recognition technology to police until appropriate federal regulation has been introduced to prevent its misuse. The announcement follows similar steps taken by fellow tech titans IBM and Amazon. The former will no longer sell or develop the controversial technology, nor engage in any related research activities, while the latter has implemented a year-long moratorium on police use. Neither Microsoft nor Amazon has...
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