Microsoft halts facial-recognition sales to United States police pending national law
Microsoft said it would not sell facial-recognition technology to United States police departments until a national law grounded in human rights governed the technology.
AWAY FROM DOOM25confidence 91/100
Why it moved the index
The policy restricted a major vendor's police surveillance deployment until rights-based federal governance exists. It applied to United States police rather than every government customer and depended on a future legal trigger.
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Assessment history
- R1Away 25 · confidence 91
New source-verified historical access restriction absent from the durable corpus.
11 Aug 2026