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US blocks Amazon efforts to stop shareholder votes on facial recognition

By Jeffrey Dastin and Ross Kerber

Apr 5 2019 12:47PM

Stakeholders want assurances around civil liberties.

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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