Microsoft divests from AnyVision after surveillance controversy
(Windows Phone Central)

Microsoft says it will end minority investments in firms that sell facial recognition technology. What you need to know Microsoft pulled out from its investment in Israeli facial recognition company AnyVision. Last year, Microsoft invested $74 million in the company. The move comes after an independent investigation into claims that AnyVision`s technology was used by the Israeli government to surveil Palestinians on the West Bank. Microsoft is selling its stake in Israeli facial recognition company AnyVision, NBC News reports. The move comes after Microsoft commissioned an independent investigation into claims that the company`s technology was used by the Israeli government to surveil Palestinian people in the West Bank. Microsoft initially invested $74 million in AnyVision last June through its M12 investment arm. After allegations of the Israeli government using the company`s technology for surveillance of Palestinians arose in press reports last October, Microsoft enlisted f...