Amazon Facial Recognition Shareholder Proposals Are Voted Down

Amazon.com Inc. shareholders rejected a large slate of proposals at the company’s annual meeting on Wednesday, including ones that would have restricted the use of controversial facial recognition technology.

Proposals calling for Amazon to end the sale of its Rekognition technology to governments and study its potential risks were defeated by a majority of voters, Amazon said. Civil liberties groups have been critical of the technology, citing the possibility it could be abused.