- Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) employees met with Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials this past summer in an attempt to sell controversial facial recognition technology Rekognition.
- The news comes from internal emails obtained by The Daily Beast. There’s no indication that ICE purchased or used Rekognition.
- Amazon was specifically pitching to Homeland Security Investigations, which focuses on customs violations and is mostly separate from the Enforcement and Removal Operations. But the two sides share resources.
- The technology came under fire earlier this year after an ACLU report showed its use among some law enforcement agencies.
- Previously: ACLU: Amazon facial rec tech used by police poses a "threat" (May 22)
- Previously: Congressmen want Amazon to answer questions about facial rec software (May 25)
- Previously: Shareholders pressure Amazon on selling facial recognition to government (June 18)
- Previously: Orlando police ends Amazon facial recognition pilot program (June 25)
- Previously: ACLU: Amazon facial rec tool mismatched Congress members to mugshots (update) (July 26)
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