(Original title: Microsoft bans police face recognition sales as Big Tech reacts to protests)

NetEase Technology News June 12, according to foreign media reports, Microsoft recently joined the ranks of IBM and Amazon, announced that the regulatory policy will not sell facial recognition technology to the police.

Figure: Microsoft President Brad Smith

Microsoft President Brad Smith said: "According to the established principles, we decided that we will not sell facial recognition technology to the US police department until a national law based on human rights is introduced."

Smith went on to say that Microsoft will introduce other "censorship factors" that will limit the use of facial recognition technology in "other scenes."

Earlier, Amazon said it would not sell its facial recognition technology to the police within a year in order to allow Congress "to have enough time to make appropriate rules." IBM also said that it will completely exit the business out of concerns about how facial recognition technology can be used for large-scale surveillance and racial profiling.

However, Microsoft’s position is similar to Amazon’s in that Microsoft recommends that when stricter regulations are in place, the company will reconsider the possibility of selling technology. (Little)

Source: NetEase Technology Report, translated by Google Translate