Microsoft bans police face recognition sales as Big Tech reacts to protests

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Microsoft Corp will not sell its facial-recognition technology to police departments until there is a federal law regulating the tech, the ...

REUTERS: Microsoft Corp on Thursday said it would await federal regulation before selling facial recognition to police departments, making it the latest big firm to back away from the surveillance business following protests against police brutality.

"We do not sell our facial recognition technology to U.S. police departments today, and until there is a strong national law grounded in human rights, we will not sell this technology to police," the company said in a statement. The Washington Post first reported the news.

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