Not to believe. The multinational Microsoft He has gotten into trouble again, but this time his rival is one of the least expected. It turns out that this weekend a group of nuns belonging to the congregation of the Sisters of San José de la Paz have made two requests to the company and its investors, due to an alleged oppression within their activities.
The first request has to do with the company make sure your lobbyists uphold their values and policies on social justice, human rights, and privacy. While the second requires block all software sales from facial recognition to government entities.
Among the main reasons for these demands is the nuns’ way of thinking about the technology, of which they classify as “no neutral”, so companies like Microsoft they should be clear that many of their products are used for malicious purposes. Sister Susan Francois, representative of the plaintiff group, explained that division and discrimination are currently minimized. Check out the campaign video they made here:
YOU CAN SEE: Attention Windows 11 users! Reports of the first cyberattack Day Zero
Microsoft has manifested itself in recent years in the face of these issues that arise due to the impact of its products in relation to society, since Brad Smith, president of the company, called in 2019 for better regulation of facial recognition, and, in addition, last year, after the murder of George Floyd, gave up selling this type of technology to the police.
– .
