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Seattle will order police to turn on body cameras during protests despite privacy concerns
An Axon Body 3 camera on a police officer. (Axon Photo) Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan plans to issue an executive…
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Amazon bans police use of its Rekognition facial recognition software for one year amid protests
Community leaders asked Amazon to stop selling Rekognition to police at the company’s Seattle headquarters in 2018. (GeekWire Photo /…
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Seattle police will use body cameras during protests under new policy
(GeekWire Photo / Monica Nickelsburg) The Seattle Police Department said Wednesday that officers will be ordered to turn on their…
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Seattle tech and business leaders form racial justice coalition, demand police reforms
Frances Dewing, CEO of cybersecurity startup Rubica. (Rubica Photograph) A whole lot of Seattle-area enterprise and know-how leaders shaped a…
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As protests spread across the country, mobile video creates mosaic of violence and tool for change
A demonstrator in Seattle records police officers in riot gear. (Flickr Photo / Kelly Kline) At Seattle’s Cal Anderson Park…
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‘It’s on us to dismantle racism.’ 10 steps tech and business leaders can take toward equity
Over the past decade, U.S. tech companies have solved some of the world’s most complex challenges. But the industry remains…
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