.The tech firm's decision comes as the US contends with nationwide protests over the killing of a black man,"IBM firmly opposes and will not condone uses of any technology, including facial recognition technology offered by other vendors, for mass surveillance, racial profiling, violations of basic human rights and freedoms, or any purpose which is not consistent with our values and principles of trust and transparency," he was quoted as saying in the letter.
Government officials across the country have proposed reforms to address police brutality and racial injustice aimed at boosting oversight of law enforcement agencies.In the letter sent to prominent US senators, including Cory Booker and Kamala Harris, Mr Krishna also called for greater transparency and accountability to policing.
I thought we were using it to deter criminals and recognise them
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George Floyd death: Statue of slave trader pulled down amid nationwide Black Lives Matter protestsProtesters have pulled down the statue of slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol. Locals have long demanded that the statue be removed. Read more here: dont support him but his statue is not for him being a slave trader. Its for his work in schools and charities and helped bring free education to children by paying for them. To reiterate I DONT support him however it seems like 1 side of the story has been shown here once again All I see is a bunch of far-left anarchists, most with mental issues, many on weed or worse. ZERO to do with Black Lives Matter or peaceful protest. Are there no Police in Bristol.....too busy Kneeling ? Edward Colston was a slave trader. The people of Bristol have been petitioning for years to have this statue removed, so I blame the councils inaction for today’s event. Bristols slave trade history should be taught in schools, we don’t need monuments to it on the street
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George Floyd death: Home secretary condemns Black Lives Matter protesters for toppling slaver statueBREAKING: Home Secretary Priti Patel says the toppling of a statue of slaver Edward Colston in Bristol is 'utterly disgraceful', adding the police should 'follow up' on the incident Awe, what's the matter pritipatel , someone hurt your stati-watti of your favorite raci-wasist. Awe, Boris rub it better for you. There there. PritiPatel pritiawful bristoltaketheknee BlackLivesMatterUK BLMLDN BLMbristol EdwardColston protests2020 protests I think it was “utterly disgraceful” that this piece of crap had a statue put up of him in the first place! Read the room Priti - we're all happy that statue of a slave trader has been pulled down
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George Floyd death: Minneapolis votes to disband police force after failing to reformActivists have criticised the Minneapolis department for years for what they say is a racist and brutal culture. Reminder this doesn't mean the POLICE FORCE is being dismantled it means all current officers will be fired and will be made up of newer, fresh officers So all the experienced veterans are replaced with 23 year old losers ? Does the city save money on wages? Well, wow.
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Raheem Sterling speaks out on racism following the death of George Floyd.'There's only so much people can take... people are tired' Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling backs anti-racism protests taking place across the UK, telling Newsnight: 'The only disease right now is the racism that we are fighting' Poor Raheem. Racism has certainly held back his career & made him poor! Love being “educated” by millionaires. 😂 Talk from a first class idiot. How would the families of the 7m people so far infected and over 400k dead worldwide. What a pr*ck!
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George Floyd death: Man arrested after driving car into protesters and shooting demonstratorA man has been arrested after driving his car into a crowd of protesters in Seattle before shooting a demonstrator who confronted him People have spotted that he had a second mag taped to his gun which means an intention to kill lots of people therefore premeditation, but the magicians will say it’s not what you see & that he was lost, frightened & it was self defence.
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George Floyd death: Mitt Romney becomes first Republican to join protests in USUtah senator Mitt Romney posted a picture on Twitter of himself wearing a mask as he walked with protesters at a rally in Washington DC It's funny how Romney is trying so hard to be on the right side of history but being a Republican contradicts all his photo ops. Imagine if he challenged Trump in a primary? Interesting race Mitt is not woke, he’s a joke!
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