Microsoft is facing a code of ethics for face recognition

In a blog post calling Microsoft's Brad Smith, the laws that govern the use of face recognition technology, at the same time he writes that technology companies themselves can introduce restrictions of the technology.

”this technology needs to be developed and used carefully. After extensive discussions and evaluations, we have decided to adopt six principles to deal with these issues,” writes Smith.

Brad Smith the importance of the developing face detection technology ensures that the technology complies with the laws and rules against discrimination. So that the tools can not discriminate against its users.

Microsoft wrote, therefore, in their terms of service that it is prohibited to use the technology to discriminate against its users. The new principles presented should be inserted before march 2019.

In the spring urged several civil liberties groups, the company Amazon to stop providing services for the face detection to the authorities. It is because the organisations felt that technology could be used to unfairly single out immigrants and black people, reports Reuters.

has received considerable attention, inter alia, in that China is about to introduce a social rating system for its residents.

the System, which collects data on what residents make, shall be fully developed in 2020, and the goal is to score the citizens ' trust. Already today, it is estimated that China has over 200 million surveillance cameras in about two years the figure should have doubled.

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