The decisions follow growing pressure on firms to respond to the death in police custody of George Floyd. Amazon said the suspension of law enforcement use of its Rekognition software was to give ...

Amazon, which one year ago barred police from using its facial recognition ... Amazon Web Services released new capabilities for its Rekognition image and video analysis service Friday that ...

Ms Gallagher said that shareholders were concerned that continued sales of Rekognition to the police risked damaging Amazon's status as "one of the most trusted institutions in the United States".

In their release, privacy and civil liberties advocates said the moratorium is a positive step forward, but they still worry that some tech companies will continue to profit from police surveillance ...