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Microsoft president says WA state privacy bill could impact facial recognition technology globally
Microsoft President Brad Smith speaks at Seattle University. (GeekWire Photo / Monica Nickelsburg) Two of the top companies developing facial…
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ACLU and Washington state lawmaker clash over data privacy bill backed by Microsoft
State Sen. Reuven Carlyle and the ACLU’s Shankar Narayan debate a data privacy bill proposed in Washington. (GeekWire Photos /…
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Amazon shareholders seek moratorium on facial recognition sales to government, climate change action and other political goals
Inside Amazon’s Day 1 tower in Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Employee and shareholder activism is catching like wildfire…
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Where Microsoft draws the line on selling facial recognition tech to government agencies
Microsoft executives Brad Smith, Satya Nadella and Amy Hood take questions from shareholders. (GeekWire Photo / Nat Levy) Microsoft is…
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Shareholders reject efforts to rein in Amazon’s sale of facial recognition tech to law enforcement
La Resistencia activists Peter Strand, Miranda Klinck and Katy Sanlis demand ICE stop using facial recognition software. (GeekWire Photo /…
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Portland lawmakers pass privacy resolution to guide policies for facial recognition, other data use
Portland, Oregon. (BigStock Photo) PORTLAND, ORE. — Lawmakers in Portland unanimously passed a privacy resolution on Wednesday they hope will…
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Police body camera maker Axon bans facial recognition tech over ‘serious concerns’ about bias
Inside Axon’s spaceship-themed Seattle office. (GeekWire Photo) Axon is banning facial recognition technology from the products it develops for law…
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Civil rights activists up in arms over Amazon update adding fear detection to facial recognition tech
AWS CEO Andy Jassy delivers the keynote at the 2018 reInvent confrerence. (Amazon Web Services Photo) Amazon’s latest update to…
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Amazon takes heat from senator over Ring’s ‘troubling’ relationship with police
Sen. Ed Markey. (Photo via Markey.Senate.Gov) News reports detailing the relationship between Amazon-owned Ring and police departments are raising eyebrows…
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Airports and airlines embrace facial recognition technology amid debate over privacy and bias
Delta was the first airline to launch a biometric terminal in the U.S. Delta uses facial recognition software to screen…
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