advertisementadvertisementBy Maelle Gavet On the back of the Black Lives Matters movement, IBM decided to get out of the facial recognition (FR) business altogether. Amazon announced a one-year moratorium on police use of its FR software, Rekognition, and Microsoft declared that it would do the same until there is a federal law to regulate the technology.advertisementadvertisementThis was celebrated by many as an important step given how this technology is rapidly becoming one of the most powerful surveillance tools ever invented. In addition to the privacy implications of requiring mass...…advertisementadvertisementBy Maelle Gavet On the back of the Black Lives Matters movement, IBM decided to get out of the facial recognition (FR) business altogether. Amazon announced a one-year moratorium on police use of its FR software, Rekognition, and Microsoft declared that it would do the same until there is a federal law to regulate the technology.advertisementadvertisementThis was celebrated by many as an important step given how this technology is rapidly becoming one of the most powerful surveillance tools ever invented. In addition to the privacy implications of requiring mass...WW…

advertisementadvertisementBy Maelle Gavet I have many friends who work at Facebook, whom I’ve watched over the years enthusiastically defend the company’s mission “to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together.” As someone who has worked in tech for nearly 15 years and built major businesses, I’ve admired Facebook’s stunning growth, and I have tried to remain open-minded as evidence mounted that Facebook drives misinformation and radicalization, encourages hate speech, and incites violence around the world. Meanwhile, my friends at Facebook have remained...…advertisementadvertisementBy Maelle Gavet I have many friends who work at Facebook, whom I’ve watched over the years enthusiastically defend the company’s mission “to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together.” As someone who has worked in tech for nearly 15 years and built major businesses, I’ve admired Facebook’s stunning growth, and I have tried to remain open-minded as evidence mounted that Facebook drives misinformation and radicalization, encourages hate speech, and incites violence around the world. Meanwhile, my friends at Facebook have remained...WW…