Big tech companies are dialing up the pressure on Congress to limit police use of facial recognition software
And some lawmakers are already calling for greater commitments from the industry.
“The initial response from big tech was to propose their own legislative solution,” she said. “This move was alarming. So yes, I am concerned that big tech will try to dictate those rules.” "I would love to be a fly on the wall at the board meeting where Amazon's government affairs team explains why it spent millions of dollars lobbying against a moratorium that it then decided to impose on itself," said the aide.
The unrest over Floyd’s killing is giving new urgency to complaints that the technology contributes to racial disparities in policing — and it's renewing calls for a legislative remedy.
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