{"id":367108,"date":"2018-06-28T11:56:55","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T10:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-orlando-stops-using-amazons-face-scanning-tech-amid-spying-concerns\/"},"modified":"2018-06-28T11:56:55","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T10:56:55","slug":"prison-planet-com-orlando-stops-using-amazons-face-scanning-tech-amid-spying-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-orlando-stops-using-amazons-face-scanning-tech-amid-spying-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb Orlando Stops Using Amazon\u2019s Face-Scanning Tech Amid Spying Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/orlando-stops-using-amazons-facial-recognition-tech-996057\"><strong>Newsweek<\/strong><\/a><br \/>June 27, 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>Amazon\u2019s facial recognition software is no longer being used in\u00a0Orlando, government and police officials said in a joint statement this week, in the wake of criticism from the\u00a0American Civil Liberties Union.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The tool, Amazon Rekognition, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sUzuJc-xBEE&amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;t=30m38s\">directly marketed<\/a> to U.S. law enforcement, and the\u00a0ACLU\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/blog\/privacy-technology\/surveillance-technologies\/amazon-teams-government-deploy-dangerous-new\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">in May revealed<\/a>\u00a0that the Florida city had used it since 2017. On Monday, the ACLU called for the \u201csecretive\u201d program to be scrapped, noting that it lacked public consent and could potentially be exploited to \u201cconduct mass location tracking of residents without criminal suspicion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The city has decided to drop the scheme, for now at least, noting that the Rekognition pilot had expired last week. \u201cStaff continues to discuss and evaluate whether to recommend continuation of the pilot at a further date,\u201d police and government officials <a href=\"http:\/\/floridapolitics.com\/archives\/267203-orlando-ends-use-of-facial-recognition-software\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">told floridapolitics.com<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt this time that process in still ongoing and the contract with Amazon remains expired. Partnering with innovative companies to test new technology\u2014while also ensuring we uphold privacy laws and in no way violate the rights of others\u2014is critical to us as we work to [\u2026] keep our community safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/orlando-stops-using-amazons-facial-recognition-tech-996057\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Wednesday, June 27, 2018  at  6:53 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/orlando-stops-using-amazons-face-scanning-tech-amid-spying-concerns.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p><!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n -->    <\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/orlando-stops-using-amazons-face-scanning-tech-amid-spying-concerns.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NewsweekJune 27, 2018 Amazon\u2019s facial recognition software is no longer being used in\u00a0Orlando, government and police officials said in a joint statement this week, in the wake of criticism from the\u00a0American Civil Liberties Union. The tool, Amazon Rekognition, is directly marketed to U.S. law enforcement, and the\u00a0ACLU\u00a0in May revealed\u00a0that the Florida city had used it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-367108","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367108\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}