Amazon says punishing counterfeiters and regulating facial recognition tech are among top issues
Amazon didn't address antitrust in Thursday's blog post, but it did say that its facial recognition technology, Rekognition, which has been used to help locate missing children and identify child sex trafficking victims, can be misused and should be quickly put under a regulatory framework by governments.
"We provide guidance to all Rekognition customers, including law enforcement customers, on the technology's proper use and have a clear Acceptable Use Policy," Amazon said. "However, we think that governments should act to regulate the use of this technology to ensure it's used appropriately, andfor an appropriate U.S. national legislative framework that protects individual civil rights and ensures that governments are transparent in their application of the technology.
Protestors march to a building where Amazon owner Jeff Bezos owns property on July 15, 2019 in New York City.For counterfeits, Amazon urged stronger federal laws to penalize bad actors, while highlighting how it spent more than $400 million to reduce the number of fake products on its site.
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