U.S.
Democratic Senator Edward Markey raised concerns on Thursday that law enforcement use of Amazon.com Inc's Ring doorbell camera in investigations could disproportionately affect people of color and encourage racial profiling.
In a letter to
Amazon Chief Executive
Jeff Bezos, Markey said sharing information from Ring's at-home camera systems with
police departments "could easily create a surveillance network that places dangerous burdens on people of color" and stoke "racial anxieties" in communities where it works with law enforcement.
Markey, the ranking member on the
Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Security, said he was "alarmed to learn that Ring is pursuing facial recognition technology" and that Amazon was marketing its facial recognition technology Rekognition to police departments.