[OPLIN 4cast] OPLIN 4Cast #673: Big tech denies facial recognition to police, but is that enough?

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OPLIN 4Cast #673: Big tech denies facial recognition to police, but is that
enough?
June 17th, 2020

[image: Human silhouette inside an eye] Last week, IBM sent shockwaves
through the tech world when it announced
<https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/08/ibm-ends-all-facial-recognition-work-as-ceo-calls-out-bias-and-inequality/>that
it was leaving the facial recognition market entirely. The reasons cited
centered around human privacy rights, racial profiling and the use of the
technology for mass surveillance. It's also no secret that facial
recognition tech is rife with bias. It's certainly becoming far more
controversial, as Silicon Valley and legislators struggle with the
far-reaching ramifications of facial recognition.

   -
   - Amazon's facial recognition moratorium has major loopholes
   <https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/10/amazon-rekognition-moratorium/>[TechCrunch]
   "But the statement did not say if the moratorium would apply to the federal
   government, the source of most of the criticism against Amazon’s facial
   recognition technology. Amazon also did not say in the statement what
   action it would take after the yearlong moratorium expires."
   - Microsoft bans face-recognition sales to police as Big Tech reacts to
   protests
   <https://www.reuters.com/article/us-microsoft-facial-recognition/microsoft-bans-police-face-recognition-sales-as-big-tech-reacts-to-protests-idUSKBN23I2T6?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews>[Reuters]
   "Matt Cagle, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union of
   Northern California, said, 'When even the makers of face recognition refuse
   to sell this surveillance technology because it is so dangerous, lawmakers
   can no longer deny the threats to our rights and liberties.'"
   - Tech companies push for nationwide facial recognition law. Now comes
   the hard part
   <https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/13/tech/facial-recognition-policy/index.html>
   [CNN] "Some of the companies have said they want to help with crafting the
   legislation. But that has critics of the tech industry worried. They
   believe companies could try to seek the moral high ground on the one hand
   while simultaneously using their substantial lobbying power to push for
   light-touch policies that benefit its financial interests."
   - Policing Reform Bill Would Prohibit Embedding Facial Recognition in
   Body Cameras
   <https://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2020/06/policing-reform-bill-would-prohibit-embedding-facial-recognition-body-cameras/166020/>[NextGov]
   "In the midst of ongoing, historic protests occurring across the nation in
   part over police brutality and use of lethal force against unarmed
   civilians, four congressional Democrats introduced a law enforcement reform
   bill that would require federal, state and local officers to wear body
   cameras but restrict the use of facial recognition technology."

*From the Ohio Web Library <http://ohioweblibrary.org>:*

   - Microsoft Won't Sell Facial Recognition To American Cops After Protests
   <https://proxy.oplin.org:2111/login.aspx?direct=true&db=buh&AN=143719548&site=ehost-live>
   (Brewster, T. (2020). Microsoft Won’t Sell Facial Recognition To American
   Cops After Protests. *Forbes.Com*, N.PAG.)
   - IBM Will No Longer Offer Or Develop Facial Recognition Software In
   Pursuit Of Racial Justice Reform
   <https://proxy.oplin.org:2111/login.aspx?direct=true&db=buh&AN=143681439&site=ehost-live>
   (Togoh, I. (2020). IBM Will No Longer Offer Or Develop Facial Recognition
   Software In Pursuit Of Racial Justice Reform. *Forbes.Com*, N.PAG.)
   - Legal Questions Around Facial Recognition: As technology expands, so
   do questions about its constitutionality
   <https://proxy.oplin.org:2111/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pwh&AN=142462902&site=ehost-live>
   (Legal Questions Around Facial Recognition: As technology expands, so do
   questions about its constitutionality. (2020). *Congressional Digest*,
   *99*(4), 3.)

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