US blocks Amazon efforts to stop shareholder votes on facial recognition

By Jeffrey Dastin and Ross Kerber on Apr 5, 2019 12:47PM

Stakeholders want assurances around civil liberties.

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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