Amazon is drawing a fresh round of reviews over its sale of Rekognition software application to cops.
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Some Amazon staff members are implicating their business of hypocrisy after the tech huge tweeted a declaration condemning the treatment of black people in the US.
Amazon launched a declaration Sunday to demonstration George Floyd’s death recently in cops custody. “Together we stand in solidarity with the Black community … in the fight against systemic racism and injustice,” Amazon’s tweeted statement checked out in part.
On Tuesday, nevertheless, the Twitter account @WeWontBuildIt, which explains itself as “Amazon workers calling for accountability and transparency in the tech we build,” questioned the business’s words due to its actions.
“Which police contracts have you cut? How many remain?” the account tweeted.
Amazon has actually dealt with criticism for accrediting its Rekognition facial-recognition software application to police. The criticism has actually originated from civil liberties groups and specialists in expert system who have actually asked the business to stop offering the software application to cops. They fear the software application might be mistreated and utilized to target individuals of color, immigrants, spiritual minorities and other groups.
The American Civil Liberties Union tweeted a comparable action to @WeWontBuildIt’s: “Cool tweet. Will you commit to stop selling face recognition surveillance technology that supercharges police abuse?”
Amazon and @WeWontBuildIt didn’t instantly react to an ask for remark.
The business’s declaration came amidst across the country demonstrations over cops cruelty. Floyd passed away on May 25 in Minneapolis after now-fired Police Officer Derek Chauvin pushed his knee on Floyd’s neck for almost 9 minutes. Since Floyd’s death, numerous business and companies have actually used assistance and financing to eliminate cops cruelty and racial oppression.
