Amazon to face facial recognition revolt

Opposition to Amazon's sale of its facial recognition technology to US police forces is set to come to a head at its annual general meeting on Wednesday.

Shareholders will vote twice on the matter.

First, over whether the company should stop offering its Rekognition system to government agencies.

And second, over whether to commission an independent study into whether the tech threatens people's civil rights, BBC News reports.

The votes are said to be non-binding, meaning executives do not have to take specific action whatever the outcome.