0136.json

{
    "id": 123,
    "date": "2019/03/26",
    "sources": [
        "https://medium.com/@bu64dcjrytwitb8/on-recent-research-auditing-commercial-facial-analysis-technology-19148bda1832",
        "https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/03/technology/amazon-facial-recognition-technology.html"
    ],
    "actions": [
        "open letter"
    ],
    "struggles": [
        "ethics"
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    "employment_types": [
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    ],
    "description": "Researchers are calling on Amazon to stop selling facial recognition software to law enforcement. This letter follows similar calls by Amazon workers and civil rights organizations. 'We call on Amazon to stop selling Rekognition to law enforcement as legislation and safeguards to prevent misuse are not in place.",
    "online": true,
    "locations": [
        "usa"
    ],
    "companies": [
        "amazon"
    ],
    "workers": 45,
    "tags": [
        "academics",
        "law_enforcement"
    ],
    "author": [
        "organizejs"
    ],
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    "addresses": [
        "Amazon, Jefferson County, Montana, United States"
    ]
}