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Amazon suspends police use of its facial recognition technology | USA News

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United States tech giant Amazon says it is temporarily suspending US police from being able to use its controversial facial recognition technology for a year.

The company has been criticized for supporting the George Floyd protesters while promoting a tool that can lead to racial profiling of African Americans.

Al Jazeera’s Sara Khairat reports.

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