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Incident 1141 Report
Amazon's Rekognition Falsely Matched Members of Congress to Mugshots

2018-07-26

Rekognition's face comparison feature was shown by the ACLU to have misidentified members of congress, and particularly members of colors, as other people who have been arrested using a mugshot database built on publicly available arrest photos.

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    Amazon's Rekognition Falsely Matched Members of Congress to Mugshots

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  • Incident 114
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    Amazon's Rekognition Falsely Matched Members of Congress to Mugshots

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