By John Glenday

Amazon has dismissed concerns raised by civil liberties campaigners over its sharing of facial recognition technology with US police forces, amidst concern that the technique could fuel growth of authoritarianism.

A chorus of voices led by The American Civil Liberties Union have emerged in opposition to the hi-tech tie-up, which sees the ecommerce giant share a user guide for its Rekognition software – a proprietary technology employing Amazon’s cloud computing arm, Amazon Web Services.

Amazon contends that it makes no sense to block emerging technologies solely on the fear of how they might be Read full story ›

Source: The Drum