Amazon announced last week the moratorium on police use of 'Rekognition' software because of concerns that the technology has racial and gender bias.
CEO Jeff Bezos for more disclosure about the internet giant's plans to put a one-year hold on police use of its facial recognition software.on police use of its "Rekognition" software amid concerns the technology has racial and gender bias. Corporate giants' work with the police has come under extra scrutiny amid the push for police reform spurred by the police killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, in Minneapolis last month.
The House Committee on Oversight and Reform, whose members include Gomez, has held hearings on the matter but has yet to introduce a bill regulating the technology. Amazon said it hopes the moratorium would give Congress sufficient time to pass legislation to regulate the use of the nascent software.
"After two years of formal congressional inquiries — including bicameral letters, House Oversight Committee hearings, and in-person meetings — Amazon has yet to adequately address questions about the dangers its facial recognition technology can pose to privacy and civil rights, the accuracy of the technology, and its disproportionate impact on communities of color," the Los Angeles-area congressman said.
"Unfortunately, too many of these gestures have been performative at best. Calling on Congress to regulate facial recognition technology is one of these gestures."
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