SEATTLE — Amazon is lobbying the public with proposed guidelines for lawmakers to adopt when crafting legislation around the use of facial-recognition technology. Amazon’s own software, Rekognition, has been put to the test by rights groups such as the ACLU, who have come to troubling conclusions about racial bias and threats to civil liberties.
Defense budgets, nation states, and congressional mugshots + this day in history w/the sinking of the USS Indianaoplis and our song of the day by Clutch on your Morning Monarchy for July 30, 2018.
Defense budgets, nation states, and congressional mugshots + this day in history w/the sinking of the USS Indianaoplis and our song of the day by Clutch on your Morning Monarchy for July 30, 2018.
The CEO of a company that makes facial recognition software has publicly stated that his company will not sell to law enforcement or governments. (AP) — In recent months controversies have erupted over various tech companies contracting with the various law enforcement and military agencies. At Google, employees publicly expressed their distaste for the company’s contract to […]
In Part 1 of our investigative series on Surveillance Capitalism, MPN spoke to author Yasha Levine and Monthly Review editor John Bellamy Foster about the rise of the Amazon.com empire and its fusion with the U.S. state apparatus.
In our next installments, we will continue exploring the rise of Surveillance Capitalism and the implications of Amazon-fueled spying technology, both in the workplace and in U.S. city streets.
The week on New World Next Week: The Bezos borg keeps growing with new facial 'Recoknition' software; Canadians keep fighting for justice against the toxic legacy of MKULTRA; and some funky, good truth music about "Crooked Politicians".
The week on New World Next Week: The Bezos borg keeps growing with new facial 'Recoknition' software; Canadians keep fighting for justice against the toxic legacy of MKULTRA; and some funky, good truth music about "Crooked Politicians".
