Amazon pauses police use of Rekognition for one year
Amazon imposed a one-year moratorium on police use of its Rekognition facial-recognition service while leaving selected nonprofit uses available and urging Congress to establish stronger rules.
AWAY FROM DOOM24confidence 94/100
Why it moved the index
The moratorium temporarily restricted a consequential surveillance deployment and created time for regulation, but it was time-limited, preserved other uses, and did not clearly cover every federal law-enforcement agency.
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Assessment history
- R1Away 24 · confidence 94
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