Microsoft said Thursday it would not sell its facial-recognition technology to police departments.<br />That is, until there is a just federal law, based in human rights, regulating the technology.<br />Reuters reports George Floyd's murder has triggered alarm that facial recognition would be used unfairly against protesters.<br />We do not sell our facial recognition technology to US police departments today, and until there is a strong national law grounded in human rights, we will not sell this technology to police departments. Statement, Microsoft Corp.<br />The news comes one day after Amazon.com said it would implement a one-year moratorium on police using its own similar technology.<br />Congress has been weighing possible regulation of the technology for months.
