WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey issued the following press release:

Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, released the following statement after Amazon's Ring announced that it will ends its partnership with Flock Safety. Senator Markey has conducted extensive oversight on Amazon's Ring doorbells over the past few years. Most recently he wrote multiple letters urging Ring to halt integration of facial recognition features in its doorbells.

"Amazon's decision to abandon its partnership with Flock is an important step in guarding against the ever-expanding network of surveillance technologies in this country. After my years of oversight into Amazon's privacy-invasive ...