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Company Responses
Amazon.com
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Timeline
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Amazon implements a one-year moratorium on police use of its facial recognition technology & supports federal regulation in the US
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Amazon halts police use of Rekognition; Access Now calls for creation of human rights team at the company
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USA: Whole Foods employees demand Amazon cease business deals providing ICE with controversial software and technical support
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Shareholders vote against proposals seeking to halt Amazon's sale of its facial recognition technology to govt. agencies
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Amazon faces investor pressure over facial recognition
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Shareholders to present slate of proposals at Amazon annual meeting focused on human rights & environmental issues
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A win for shareholders in effort to halt sales of Amazon's allegedly racially biased surveillance technology
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A.I. experts question Amazon's facial recognition technology
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Commentary: Thoughts on recent research paper and associated article on Amazon Rekognition
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Commentary: Amazon should halt use of facial recognition technology for policing & govt. surveillance
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Commentary: Facial recognition can be positive but companies need to ensure human rights are upheld
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Amazon recommends 99% or higher confidence match when using facial recognition for law enforcement
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Amazon workers oppose sale of the co's technology to US immigration
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Commentary: When the robot doesn't see dark skin
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Amazon shareholders ask company to stop selling facial recognition technology to governments following NGO warnings
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Amazon general manager of artificial intelligence highlights positive uses of Rekognition & acceptable use policy
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Amazon urged not to sell facial recognition software to police
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Letter from Nationwide Coalition to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos regarding Rekognition
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Letter from shareholders to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos regarding Rekognition
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Amazon non-response
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Amazon urged to disclose public bias testing data for its facial recognition software; co. didn't respond