{"id":445480,"date":"2022-05-11T17:17:17","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T14:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/zoom-must-nix-emotion-tracking-feature-human-rights-groups\/"},"modified":"2022-05-11T17:17:17","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T14:17:17","slug":"zoom-must-nix-emotion-tracking-feature-human-rights-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/zoom-must-nix-emotion-tracking-feature-human-rights-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"#Zoom must nix emotion tracking feature: human rights groups"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2e9ddbe97cc\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2e9ddbe97cc\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/zoom-must-nix-emotion-tracking-feature-human-rights-groups\/#%E2%80%9CZoom_must_nix_emotion_tracking_feature_human_rights_groups%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Zoom must nix emotion tracking feature: human rights groups&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CZoom_must_nix_emotion_tracking_feature_human_rights_groups%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Zoom must nix emotion tracking feature: human rights groups&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Human rights and privacy groups are demanding that video chat giant Zoom scrap its \u201ccreepy\u201d plans to use artificial intelligence to track and analyze human emotions, slamming the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> as \u201cpseudo<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> comes after tech site <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.protocol.com\/enterprise\/emotion-ai-sales-virtual-zoom\">Protocol reported<\/a> that Zoom plans to start selling products designed to detect the emotional state of participants in video calls.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For example, the technology could supposedly use a person\u2019s facial expressions and tone of voice to tell whether the person is h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>y, sad or impatient. Boosters of the feature say it can help salespeople close deals and companies monitor whether their employees are happy. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But in an <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fightforthefuture.org\/news\/2022-05-10-letter-to-zoom\">open letter<\/a> published Tuesday, more than two dozen activist groups including the American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation argued that so-called \u201cemotion detection\u201d software \u201cdoes not work.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/zoom-90.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Zoom CEO Eric Yuan\" class=\"wp-image-22221611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/zoom-90.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/zoom-90.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/zoom-90.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The ACLU and other groups called on Zoom CEO Eric Yuan to ditch the controversial technology. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Dropbox<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/zoom-93.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Zoom sign on building\" class=\"wp-image-22221642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/zoom-93.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/zoom-93.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/zoom-93.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Zoom became an investor favorite in 2020 but its shares have plummeted 69% over the past year. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Gado via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cFacial expressions are often disconnected from the emotions underneath, and research has found that not even humans can accurately read or measure the emotions of others some of the time,\u201d the groups wrote to Zoom CEO Eric Yuan. <\/p>\n<p>The groups also warned that technology is \u201cdangerous\u201d and \u201cinherently biased,\u201d running the risk of discriminating against minority groups.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese tools assume that all people use the same facial expressions, voice patterns, and body language \u2014 but that\u2019s not true,\u201d the groups warned. \u201cAdding this feature will discriminate against certain ethnicities and people with disabilities, hardcoding stereotypes into millions of devices.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the groups said that harvesting personal data about emotions risks making companies that use the software a target for hackers and abusive governments. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"738\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/iStock-1291061374.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"People on a Zoom call\" class=\"wp-image-22221953\"\/><figcaption>\u201cFacial expressions are often disconnected from the emotions underneath,\u201d advocates wrote to Zoom CEO Eric Yuan.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The letter echoes concerns raised by researchers from New York University\u2019s AI Now institute, who wrote in a 2019 study that emotion detection technology lacks \u201ca scientific consensus as to whether it can ensure accurate or even valid results.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Zoom did not im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely respond to a request for comment. <\/p>\n<p>The company\u2019s alleged push into emotion detection comes amid a serious stock slump.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After becoming an investor favorite during lockdowns in 2020, Zoom shares have plummeted 69% over the past year as students and white collar workers have return to in-person work.\u00a0\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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