Amazon workers urge Bezos to stop selling facial recognition tech to law enforcement

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Kicking Palantir off of AWS is among their demands, too

Amazon employees have sent a letter to company founder Jeff Bezos, in which they urge him to stop selling facial recognition tools to law enforcement. The letter comes shortly after similar anti...

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