We’re holding Microsoft accountable – will you join us?
With police agencies using racist facial recognition tools daily, and immigration enforcement agencies using mass surveillance to unlawfully harass, detain, and deport immigrants, the evidence is clear: technology is supercharging existing systems of oppression.
Last year, Microsoft paused facial recognition sales to police. Still, the company said nothing about other government clients with a history of human rights abuses, like ICE or authoritarian governments.
And despite what it says publicly, Microsoft is spending its $9.5 million annual lobbying budget on fighting a bill that would ban discriminatory facial recognition. In fact, it lobbies states to pass laws that would increase police use of dangerous surveillance tech.
We must hold Microsoft accountable. Major shareholders of Microsoft have filed two proposals:
First, asking Microsoft to make sure its lobbyists live up to its values and policies on racial justice, human rights, and privacy.
Second, calling for Microsoft to stop all sales of facial recognition to all government entities.
New innovation should support human dignity and a fair and just society, not magnify division and discrimination. That’s why we’re asking Microsoft shareholders to vote YES on these Proposals 3 and 5 at the November 30 shareholders meeting.
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