During its annual meeting in Seattle Wednesday, Amazon shareholders will issue a nonbinding vote on whether the tech company will continue to sell facial-recognition technology, The New York Times reports. A pair of proposals has been brought forth by shareholders. The first proposal requests the tech company stop sales of Rekognition to government agencies until Amazon's board determines it does not violate human rights. The second proposal calls for the tech company to issue an independent report to examine if the facial-recognition tech may impact civil, human and privacy rights. Meanwhile, Consumer Reports found some Facebook users do not currently have the setting to tell the company if it can collect facial-recognition data. (Registration may be required to access this story.)
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