Hi,
We just learned that Amazon’s already problematic Ring service is getting
even worse.
New reporting shows that Ring is handing surveillance footage to over 400
police departments across the country.^1 Which means Amazon is turning
cops into high-tech marketing recruiters and turning nosy neighbors into
narcs.
[ [link removed] ]Tell Amazon: Stop giving law enforcement access to doorbell camera
footage!
Amazon likes to market their tech gadgets and services as new tools built
to make life more convenient, just like Amazon Prime. But by giving cops
access to doorbell cameras in over 400 communities, there’s one group of
people Amazon is intentionally making life harder for: Black and brown
people.
Racial profiling in law enforcement can be already deadly for black and
brown people. And now with Amazon Ring, neighbors can alert armed police
officers to any variety of totally legal behaviors like, “delivering food
and packages while Black,” “walking your dog while Black,” or “canvassing
for a political candidate while Black.”
And it gets worse. Amazon and their new best friends in the police
department aren’t being transparent with how much video footage police can
access, how long they can store it, and whether or not they can use this
footage with Amazon’s other terrifyingly racist tech service: facial
recognition.
Amazon is giving racism a high-tech upgrade, and it’s up to grassroots
consumers like you and me to bring pressure to the tech giant. [ [link removed] ]Tell
Amazon: Stop giving cops access to doorbell camera footage!
Thanks for taking action,
Tihi and the team at Demand Progress
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Sources:
1. Washington Post, “Doorbell-camera firm Ring has partnered with 400
police forces, extending surveillance concerns,” [ [link removed] ]August 28, 2019.
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