Jeff Bezos slammed by 85 groups for selling facial-recognition tech to the feds

Jeff Bezos just found himself on the receiving end of a sternly worded letter. This one, however, may actually have some bite. 

On Jan. 15, a coalition of 85 different organizations including human rights groups, civil liberty organizations, and justice system reform advocates sent the Amazon CEO an open letter demanding that his company stop selling facial-recognition technology to the government. 

The tech, dubbed Rekognition by Amazon, has received widespread criticism for false positives and possible racial bias — facts that have so far failed to slow Amazon's efforts to profit off the technology.  Read more...