Eric Holder
After global protests, Microsoft sells its stake in Israeli facial recognition start-up
An investigation by NBC in October last year revealed that Israeli company AnyVision’s technology was being used to scan the faces of thousands of Palestinians at checkpoints every day. Microsoft had invested in AnyVision in June 2019
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