*Amazon’s Facial Recognition "Moratorium" Is a Public Relations Stunt. Lawmakers Should Ban this Dangerous Surveillance Tech.*

I agree, but the phrase "using face recognition for surveillance" can be interpreted in various ways. Some interpretations would permit dangerous data collection by face recognition, because organizations will claim that what they do is not really surveillance.

Big Tech is starting to recognize that face recognition is too toxic to be involved with.

When even a commentator such as John Naughton, who doesn't like to be very far ahead of the opinion makers, can say this, that shows we are making progress in the fight to prohibit it.