Tag: Amazon
Sonic surveillance: why you don’t want AI snooping on you
The threat voice recognition technology poses to our rights needs to be addressed now — before our voices become yet another piece of biometric data to be used against us.
Amazon Sidewalk will crowdsource your WiFi. Here’s what to know.
Ban biometric surveillance: civil society demands outright prohibitions on public and private use
Ban biometric surveillance! Access Now and over 150 civil society actors across the globe are calling for a ban on biometric surveillance.
Putting a check on Big Tech: the path to accountability for companies in the 2020 RDR Index
Once again, we’re asking some of the world’s most powerful companies to review the findings in the Ranking Digital Rights (RDR) Corporate Accountability Index and make key changes to protect people’s rights.
Forget winning, can Amazon survive in India?
Big Tech Must Be Broken Up’: House Report on Silicon Valley Monopolies Bolsters Call for Far-Reaching Antitrust Measures
Amazon halts police use of Rekognition
Amazon’s decision to ban police use of Rekognition for one year is a step in the right direction, but the company must do more to safeguard human rights.
Australian government justifies decision to go with AWS for COVIDSafe
Civil liberty groups dismiss guarantee on US not accessing COVIDSafe data
Stepping up to the challenge: which companies are responding on digital rights?
Only 10 of the 24 companies publicly responded to Access Now’s open letters asking for improvement in one key area based on each company’s evaluation results of the Ranking Digital Rights Index.