Amazon defeated Rekognition revolt by a large margin

By 2019-05-27Science & Tech
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Image caption A proposal to ban government use of the Rekognition system failed to attract mass support at Amazon’s annual general meeting

An attempted shareholder revolt over Amazon’s sale of facial recognition technology to the police mustered less than 3% of votes cast at the firm’s annual general meeting.

The tally was revealed in a corporate filing.

The tech firm had said it was aware of civil rights concerns but had not received any reports of law enforcement clients misusing its Rekognition tool.

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