US blocks Amazon efforts to stop shareholder votes on facial recognition

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US blocks Amazon efforts to stop shareholder votes on facial recognition
US securities regulators shot down attempts by Amazon to stop its investors from considering two shareholder proposals about the company's controversial sale of a facial recognition service, a sign of growing scrutiny of the technology. Decisions including one on Wednesday by officials at the ...

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