Microsoft hires fmr. AG Eric Holder to audit AnyVision over use of facial recognition on Palestinians.
"AnyVision's facial recognition technology is not being used for surveillance in the West Bank or the Gaza Strip, and AnyVision would not allow its technology to be used for that purpose," said AnyVision in a statement issued to NBC News last month.,"similar to Global Entry in the United States."
AnyVision disputed the accuracy of the NBC News story published in October, but did not respond to subsequent questions seeking clarifications regarding its use of the technology.When NBC News reported on this classified work in October, Microsoft said it took the allegations of surveillance seriously because"they would violate our facial recognition principles," a company spokesman said.
Holder will lead a team of former federal prosecutors at law firm Covington & Burling to carry out the investigation into how AnyVision's technology is being used. "They will move quickly, reviewing documents and conducting on the ground interviews with Anyvision employees and others to ensure a full and thorough investigation," said a Microsoft spokesman in a statement.
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