diff --git a/ingestion_server/ingestion_server/cleanup.py b/ingestion_server/ingestion_server/cleanup.py
index bb67316980..b5bdea2f13 100644
--- a/ingestion_server/ingestion_server/cleanup.py
+++ b/ingestion_server/ingestion_server/cleanup.py
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@
 # Filter out low-confidence tags, which indicate that the machine-generated tag
 # may be inaccurate.
 TAG_MIN_CONFIDENCE = 0.90
+# Filter out tags that match the following providers (either because they haven't
+# been vetted or because they are known to be low-quality).
+FILTERED_TAG_PROVIDERS = {"rekognition"}
 
 # We know that flickr and wikimedia support TLS, so we can add them here
 TLS_CACHE = {
@@ -123,7 +126,7 @@ def cleanup_url(url, tls_support):
     @staticmethod
     def cleanup_tags(tags):
         """
-        Delete denylisted and low-accuracy tags.
+        Filter denylisted, low-accuracy, and unverified provider tags.
 
         :return: an SQL fragment if an update is needed, ``None`` otherwise
         """
@@ -133,12 +136,14 @@ def cleanup_tags(tags):
         if not tags:
             return None
         for tag in tags:
-            below_threshold = False
+            alt_filtered = False
             if "accuracy" in tag and float(tag["accuracy"]) < TAG_MIN_CONFIDENCE:
-                below_threshold = True
+                alt_filtered = True
+            if "provider" in tag and tag["provider"] in FILTERED_TAG_PROVIDERS:
+                alt_filtered = True
             if "name" in tag and isinstance(tag["name"], str):
                 lower_tag = tag["name"].lower()
-                should_filter = _tag_denylisted(lower_tag) or below_threshold
+                should_filter = _tag_denylisted(lower_tag) or alt_filtered
             else:
                 log.warning(f'Filtering malformed tag "{tag}" in "{tags}"')
                 should_filter = True
diff --git a/ingestion_server/test/unit_tests/test_cleanup.py b/ingestion_server/test/unit_tests/test_cleanup.py
index 02cc6d047e..f09f660885 100644
--- a/ingestion_server/test/unit_tests/test_cleanup.py
+++ b/ingestion_server/test/unit_tests/test_cleanup.py
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 import pook
 from psycopg2._json import Json
 
-from ingestion_server.cleanup import CleanupFunctions
+from ingestion_server.cleanup import FILTERED_TAG_PROVIDERS, CleanupFunctions
 from test.unit_tests.conftest import create_mock_image
 
 
 class TestCleanup:
     @staticmethod
-    def test_tag_blacklist():
+    def test_tag_denylisted():
         tags = [
             {"name": "cc0"},
             {"name": " cc0"},
@@ -40,6 +40,19 @@ def test_accuracy_filter():
         expected = str(Json([{"name": "accurate", "accuracy": 0.999}]))
         assert result == expected
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def test_provider_filter():
+        tags = [
+            {"name": "valid", "provider": "provider1"},
+            *[
+                {"name": "invalid", "provider": provider}
+                for provider in FILTERED_TAG_PROVIDERS
+            ],
+        ]
+        result = str(CleanupFunctions.cleanup_tags(tags))
+        expected = str(Json([{"name": "valid", "provider": "provider1"}]))
+        assert result == expected
+
     @staticmethod
     @pook.on
     def test_url_protocol_fix():