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DOJ Officials, State AGs To Meet Tuesday On Google Antitrust Probe
Google // February 04, 2020

On Tuesday (Feb. 4), according to sources, officials from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) will meet with state attorneys general representatives to review collective investigations of Google. Officials from as many as seven states — Texas included — will be at an afternoon meeting...

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Citing Racial Profiling, IBM Will No Longer Sell Face Recognition Software

June 09, 2020
International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) is getting out of the facial recognition business, citing its misuse by law enforcement. In a letter to Congress, IBM’s CEO Arvind Krishna said the company will stop offering facial recognition software and opposes use of the technology for racial profiling and surveillance. “IBM firmly opposes and will not condone […]

DOJ Officials, State AGs To Meet Tuesday On Google Antitrust Probe

February 04, 2020
On Tuesday (Feb. 4), according to sources, officials from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) will meet with state attorneys general representatives to review collective investigations of Google. Officials from...