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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.

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CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1
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.

Assessment history

  1. R1
    Away 25 · confidence 91

    New source-verified historical access restriction absent from the durable corpus.

    11 Aug 2026

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