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U.S. Senator Ron Wyden has called for the Biden administration to carry out an investigation after a Reuters report showed how Russian authorities are using facial recognition to curb dissent with the aid of U.S. technology...
Wyden, who chairs the Senate Finance Committee, said that "American technology shouldnt be a linchpin in Russias authoritarian surveillance machine."..
"The administration should thoroughly investigate allegations that U.S. chips are being used in Russias facial recognition and surveillance regime and do what it takes to cut off the flow of sensitive technology to Putin and his cronies, Wyden told Reuters...
His comments came in response to Reuters reporting last month that showed that surveillance and facial recognition have played an important role in the arrests of hundreds of protesters in Moscow - and that after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, authorities began using facial recognition to prevent people from protesting...
In response to the Reuters findings, Nvidia and Intel said they cannot always know how their products are used and that they halted all shipments to Russia in March 2022 after the United States tightened export restrictions..
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