{"id":71084,"date":"2020-06-17T16:19:22","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T20:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=71084"},"modified":"2020-06-18T19:31:50","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T23:31:50","slug":"good-news-ibm-amazon-and-microsoft-abandon-law-enforcement-face-recognition-market-birmingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2020\/06\/17\/good-news-ibm-amazon-and-microsoft-abandon-law-enforcement-face-recognition-market-birmingham\/","title":{"rendered":"Good news! &#8220;IBM, Amazon, and Microsoft abandon law enforcement face recognition market&#8221;  [Birmingham]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/which-50.com\/cover-story-tibm-amazon-and-microsoft-abandon-law-enforcement-face-recognition-market\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>IBM, Amazon, and Microsoft abandon law enforcement face recognition market<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from which-50.com by Andrew Birmingham<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Three global tech giants \u2014 IBM, Amazon, and Microsoft \u2014 have all announced that they will no longer sell their face recognition technology to police in the USA, though each announcement comes with its own nuance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The new policy comes in the midst of ongoing national demonstrations in the US about police brutality and more generally the subject of racial inequality in the country under the umbrella of the Black Lives Matter movement.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>From DSC:<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">While I didn&#8217;t read the fine print (so I don&#8217;t know all of the &#8220;nuances&#8221; they are referring to)<strong> I see this as good news indeed! Well done whomever at those companies paused, and thought&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>&#8230;just because we can\u2026<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/microsoft-argues-facial-recognition-tech-violate-rights-182552188.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-65462 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/surveillance-camera.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/surveillance-camera.jpg 800w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/surveillance-camera-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/surveillance-camera-768x576.jpg 768w\" alt=\"just because we can does not mean we should\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><br \/>\n&#8230;doesn&#8217;t mean we should.<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2018\/12\/07\/microsoft-principles-guide-facial-recognition-tech\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-65469 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/facial-recognition-1024x576.jpeg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/facial-recognition-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/facial-recognition-150x84.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/facial-recognition-768x432.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/facial-recognition.jpeg 1280w\" alt=\"just because we can does not mean we should\" width=\"489\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Addendum on 6\/18\/20:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/microsoft-amazon-facial-recognition-law-145558020.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Why Microsoft and Amazon are calling on Congress to regulate facial recognition tech<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from finance.yahoo.com by Daniel Howley<em>Excerpt:<br \/>\n<\/em>The technology, which can be used to identify suspects in things like surveillance footage, has faced widespread criticism <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/12\/19\/technology\/facial-recognition-bias.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">after studies found it<\/a>\u00a0can be biased against women and people of color. And according to at least one expert, there needs to be some form of regulation put in place if these technologies are going to be used by law enforcement agencies.\u201cIf these technologies were to be deployed, I think you cannot do it in the absence of legislation,\u201d explained Siddharth Garg, assistant professor of computer science and engineering at NYU Tandon School of Engineering, told Yahoo Finance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IBM, Amazon, and Microsoft abandon law enforcement face recognition market &#8212; from which-50.com by Andrew Birmingham Excerpt: Three global tech giants \u2014 IBM, Amazon, and Microsoft \u2014 have all announced that they will no longer sell their face recognition technology to police in the USA, though each announcement comes with its own nuance. 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