Amazon banned police use of its face-recognition technology for a year
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Amid ongoing protest across US over the custodial death of George Floyd, Amazon banned police use of its face-recognition technology for a year to step back from law-enforcement use of systems that have faced criticism for incorrectly identifying people with darker skin. Ongoing protests following the death of George Floyd have focused attention on racial injustice in the US and how police use technology to track people.