Can someone kindly explain this? I imagine that a lot of Black and Brown folks—particularly those who are undocumented—also have questions.
#NoTechForICE
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I completely understand that employees want to do something, but it feels like there are other things Amazon (as the corporation) must do before celebrating its charitable giving.
The adage that “you must stop doing harm before you can do good” comes to mind.
Organizations like @fightfortheftr @mediajustice @EFF @ColorOfChange @RAICESTEXAS and many more have been fighting campaigns against Amazon Ring and it’s dangerous, intimate partnership with police.
Read: eff.org/deeplinks/2020…
Sign: fightforthefuture.org/news/2019-10-0…
Others like @ConMijente are taking on Amazon for its critical role in immigration detention and deportation.
Read: mijente.net/wp-content/upl…
Act: notechforice.com
And yes, I know that they announced a 1-year moratorium on selling their awful facial recognition software, Rekognition, to police but what’s the long term play here? And what about military use—ours and others?
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I also know I’m late to the party, and the news is a few weeks old. But hey, I’m just getting around to it, there’s a lot going on. And turns out others ain’t see it either. Others heard rumors that some orgs didn’t take the money—nothing concrete. So, yeah, can we talk about it?
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