Interesting move on the part of Amazon? Perhaps Amazon can provide "police services" for hire as part of a new expansive neo liberal business model?Privatizing, public services and and making them for profit = Neo-liberalism (a modified form of liberalism tending to favor free-market capitalism) (t is generally associated with policies of economic liberalization including privatization, deregulation, globalization, free trade, austerity, and reductions in government spending in order to increase the role of the private sector in the economy and society) Lo and behold BLM and Antifa pushing for the entire justice system to be abolished. Defunded. In favour of what? Replaced with what?Link
E-commerce giant Amazon joins other tech firms with announcement it will pause police use of its facial recognition software Amazon has said it will implement a one-year moratorium on police use of its facial recognition software.
The decision is a blow for US law enforcement, as Amazon had until now stoutly defended the use of its facial recognition system (called Amazon Rekognition) by law enforcement in the United States. The Amazon announcement comes a day after IBM called for police reform in the United States, and cancelled all its facial recognition programs in light of ongoing concern at the use of the technology.We’re implementing a one-year moratorium on police use of Amazon’s facial recognition technology,” blogged Amazon. “We will continue to allow organisations like Thorn, the International Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and Marinus Analytics to use Amazon Rekognition to help rescue human trafficking victims and reunite missing children with their families.”But Amazon was clear that it was halting police use of Rekognition, for a year.
Personally, I'm not a fan of this technology. That said it appears that Amazon is working to increase pressure on the police forces in perfect synchronicity with a push to defund the police. As demanded by BLM and Antifa.Undoubtedly Amazon will be waiting in the wings to profit from this problem, reaction, solution situation. The Technocracy in motion... Expanding. Profiting.