Amazon.com Inc said shareholders rejected proposals to curb and audit its facial...
- Amazon.com Inc said shareholders rejected proposals to curb and audit its facial recognition service on Wednesday, just as members of Congress indicated there was bipartisan support to one day regulate the technology.
With support from civil liberties groups, two non-binding proposals on facial recognition made it to the ballot ahead of Amazon’s shareholder meeting on Wednesday. The world’s top online retailer and cloud computing company had tried to stop the votes, but it was effectively overruled by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Adding to shareholders’ concerns was recent research that showed Amazon’s technology struggled to identify the gender of individuals with darker skin, prompting fears that a faulty technology would put innocent people behind bars. A key congressional committee also met on Wednesday in Washington, D.C., to discuss the civil rights impact of all facial recognition technology, not only Amazon’s.
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