A group of activist shareholders are proposing that Amazon.com Inc stop selling facial recognition software to government agencies until its board determines the technology doesn’t threaten people’s civil rights.
The investors, including the Sisters of St. Joseph of Brentwood, a member of the Tri-State Coalition for Responsible Investment, filed a resolution on the subject to be voted on at Amazon’s annual meeting later this year.
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