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Racial justice groups want Amazon to cut ties with police

It is not clear to what degree Amazon Web Services’ ‘Rekognition’ technology is used by police or immigration authorities. – EPA pic, June 10, 2020.

A COALITION of racial justice groups yesterday launched an online petition calling for Amazon to cut all ties with US police and immigration officials. The petition takes aim at the Amazon Web Services cloud computing unit’s “Rekognition” facial recognition technology and Ring surveillance cameras used for home security.

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