Microsoft will not sell face recognition software to authorities

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Microsoft has rejected government requests for access to facial recognition software. The corporation wants to avoid their misuse and does not want to sell this technology to monitor users.

“We will not sell facial recognition services for mass surveillance anywhere in the world,” Brad Smith said in an interview with Reuters.

Microsoft is calling for stricter regulation of facial recognition technology used in China to track ethnic minorities. The company supports the tightening of standards for the distribution of this software. The company also opposes a complete ban on the technology, Smith said.

“It is difficult to innovate if you cannot use something, and difficult to learn if you cannot develop,” he said.

The EBS is experiencing problems with occupancy. The last time Rostelecom disclosed the number of collected templates was in October 2018 - then data from about 2 thousand people were collected. According to a source of RBC in a bank from the top 20, over a year of operation, the system has collected only about 15 thousand biometric data of customers.

 

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Microsoft does not intend to sell face recognition technology to police​

Microsoft has decided to join IBM and Amazon and take a stand against the use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement agencies. As stated company president Brad Smith during online-interview at the event, Washington Post Live, Microsoft has already taken "principled position" with regard to the proper use of this technology.

"We are not currently selling facial recognition technology to police departments in the United States until a national human rights law is passed to regulate such technology."

Microsoft will also be implementing other “review factors” to govern the use of technology in “various scenarios,” Smith said.
The US House of Representatives Oversight and Reform Committee has held a series of hearings on the use of facial recognition technology, but has yet to introduce legislation to regulate them.

Recall that in January of this year, the European Commission considered the possibility of banning the use of facial recognition technology in public places for up to five years, so that during this time it was possible to develop ways to prevent potential abuse.