arvin krishna stated i.b.m. firmly opposes and will not condone uses of any facial recognition technology including facial recognition technology offered by other vendors for mass surveillance or racial profiling violations of basic human rights and freedoms or any purpose which is not consistent with our values and principles of trust and transparency. joining us now to discuss this is boom bust co-host investigative journalist ben swan. ben i.b.m. stock obvious took a hit today after this announcement why is that. yes so i.b.m. was down about 4 points today it looked at the end of the day i.b.m. made the right decision and they they're paying at least a short term price for it but i absolutely think it was the right decision essentially coming out and saying look facial recognition technology can be and will be used and abused in the future and so we don't want to be a part of that as a company we don't want to contribute to essentially profiling certain groups using mass surveillance on the public i hope that