mo4ch:>Only 2% of Amazon shareholders vote against giving facial recognition to government | Mo4ch News

Amazon shareholders voted almost unanimously to reject a proposal to stop selling facial recognition tech to government agencies, and even a study of its effects garnered little support, effectively green-lighting Big Brother.The proposal to stop selling Amazon's 'Rekognition' program to authorities was rejected by 97.6 percent of the company's shareholders, according to a regulatory filing released on Friday, while a proposal to study Rekognition's negative impact on civil rights and privacy repulsed 72.5 percent. CEO Jeff Bezos, who controls 16 percent of the company's stock, voted against both, and Amazon's board condemned them.Also on rt.comYou’ve been warned: Widespread US face surveillance is ‘imminent reality’, says tech privacy reportClimate change was more popular, with only 70.2 percent rejecting a proposal for the company to issue a report on how it would address the phenomenon.Last month, the Securities and Exchange Commission ruled Amazon had t…