Tag: Facial Recognition Technology

Amazon AGM Brings Attention to Facial Recognition Technology Risks

May 24, 2019

On May 22, 2019, twelve shareholder proposals went to a vote at Amazon’s highly anticipated Annual Meeting of Shareholders in Seattle, WA. The Sisters of St. Joseph of Brentwood were the lead proponents of a resolution which called on Amazon to prohibit sales of facial recognition technology to government agencies unless the Board concludes, after […]

Article tags: ACLU, Amazon, Facial recognition, Facial Recognition Technology, human rights, Human Rights Updates, immigrants' rights, Open MIC, Shareholder Advocacy, shareholder proposal, Sisters of St. Joseph of Brentwood, surveillance

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“A Win for Shareholders in Effort to Halt Sales of Amazon’s Racially Biased Surveillance Tech” – Press Release by Open MIC

April 4, 2019

S.E.C. Ruling Advances Two Shareholder Proposals Targeting Amazon’s Rekognition Link to original Open MIC press release: https://www.openmic.org/news/2019/4/4/a-win-for-shareholders-amazon In a major victory for investors, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ruled late yesterday that Amazon must give shareholders an opportunity to consider and vote on two separate shareholder resolutions that address major business risks posed by […]

Article tags: Amazon, Facial Recognition Technology, human rights, Human Rights Updates, immigrants' rights, racial justice, SEC, shareholder resolution, shareholder rights, tech sector

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