<p class="title">Microsoft is calling on US Congress to regulate the use of facial recognition technology to protect people's privacy and freedom of expression.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It's the first big tech company to raise serious alarms about an increasingly sought-after technology for recognising a person's face from a photo or through a camera.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Microsoft President Brad Smith said in a blog post on Saturday that the government should form a bipartisan expert commission. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Smith says Microsoft, which supplies face recognition to some businesses, has already rejected some customers' requests to deploy the technology in situations involving "human rights risks." A Microsoft spokeswoman declined to provide more details about what opportunities the company has passed over because of ethical concerns.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Smith defended the company's contract with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, saying it doesn't involve face recognition.</p>
<p class="title">Microsoft is calling on US Congress to regulate the use of facial recognition technology to protect people's privacy and freedom of expression.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It's the first big tech company to raise serious alarms about an increasingly sought-after technology for recognising a person's face from a photo or through a camera.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Microsoft President Brad Smith said in a blog post on Saturday that the government should form a bipartisan expert commission. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Smith says Microsoft, which supplies face recognition to some businesses, has already rejected some customers' requests to deploy the technology in situations involving "human rights risks." A Microsoft spokeswoman declined to provide more details about what opportunities the company has passed over because of ethical concerns.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Smith defended the company's contract with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, saying it doesn't involve face recognition.</p>