Andy Jassy

FTC Sues Amazon for Illegal Monopoly Maintenance Through Anti-Discounting and Seller Coercion

| Importance: 9/10

The Federal Trade Commission, joined by 17 state attorneys general, filed a landmark antitrust lawsuit against Amazon alleging the company illegally maintains monopoly power in online retail through systematic anti-competitive practices. The complaint documents Amazon’s …

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Amazon extends Rekognition police ban indefinitely as Congressional regulation stalls

| Importance: 7/10

On May 18, 2021, Amazon extended its global ban on police use of Rekognition facial recognition software indefinitely “until further notice,” prolonging what was originally announced as a one-year moratorium in June 2020. The extension came just weeks before the original moratorium was …

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Amazon launches Rekognition facial recognition service, targeting law enforcement

| Importance: 8/10

Amazon Web Services announced the launch of Amazon Rekognition at its re:Invent developer conference in Las Vegas on November 30, 2016. The cloud-based facial recognition service marked Amazon’s entry into surveillance technology, offering image and video analysis capabilities including face …

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