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Thursday, 11 June 2020

Amazon is implementing a one-year moratorium on police use of facial recognition technology

NickyThursday, June 11, 2020Amazon, ethics, facialrecognition, privacy No comments

This is an interesting development. Amazon is implementing a one year moratorium on police use of facial recognition technology.

"We’ve advocated that governments should put in place stronger regulations to govern the ethical use of facial recognition technology"

https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/policy-news-views/we-are-implementing-a-one-year-moratorium-on-police-use-of-rekognition

Recommended Read: Facebook Executives Shut Down Efforts to Make the Site Less Divisive

NickyThursday, May 28, 2020ethics, SocialMedia No comments

#Facebook is a classic example of "Just because you CAN, doesn't necessarily mean you SHOULD" in technology. Technology should be created to assist, improve or enhance the lives of people, with appropriate consideration for the consequences of it's implementation, both positive and negative.

Too often, technology is created for the sake of doing it, to make money, to be first, because somebody else is doing it, or because somebody with influence decided it was a good idea at the time, with little regard for people or consequence.

Today we are witnessing some of the results of these decisions.

#technology #peopleandculture #ethicalleadership #ethicsmatter

https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-knows-it-encourages-division-top-executives-nixed-solutions-11590507499