We believe now is the time to begin a national dialogue on whether and how facial recognition technology should be employed by domestic law enforcement agencies, iBM firmly opposes and will not condone uses of any technology, including facial recognition technology offered by other vendors, for mass surveillance, racial profiling, violations of basic human rights and freedoms, or any purpose which is not consistent with our values.

Arvind Krishna

Arvind Krishna (born 1962) is an Indian-American business executive. He is the chief executive officer (CEO) of IBM. Krishna began his career at IBM as an engineer in IBM Research, was promoted to senior vice president in 2015, and was promoted to CEO in 2020. He led IBM's 2018 acquisition of Red Hat for $34 billion, which is the largest software company acquisition in history. On his first day as CEO, Krishna wrote to IBM staff, "I believe we can make IBM the most trusted technology partner of the 21st century...Character is of the utmost importance."

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