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  • Orlando Police Drop Amazon’s Controversial Face Recognition Tech For Now

    Orlando Police Drop Amazon’s Controversial Face Recognition Tech For Now

    The Orlando Police Department announced today it has ended its pilot of Amazon’s Rekognition face recognition software. Last month, the ACLU released hundreds of pages of documents from the Orlando Police Department and Oregon’s Washington County Sheriff’s Office detailing their use of the software, prompting backlash from civil rights groups and Amazon employees. But while…