Facial recognition
04/19/2024
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By Laura Harris
British gov’t to equip cops with facial recognition technology as part of $69M plan to combat retail crime
The government of the United Kingdom plans to allocate four million British pounds ($5 million) for the development of mobile police units equipped with live facial recognition technology that can scan people’s faces on the street, supposedly as a means to combat retail crimes. According to the announcement of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, the program will make […]
03/11/2024
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By Ethan Huff
AI, palm scanners, facial recognition, augmented reality and more: The dystopian future is NOW
People often say that, unless something is done to stop it, the world will become a dystopian nightmare at some point in the future. The reality, though, is that we are already there. Just in the past several years, advancements in things like AI (artificial intelligence), cashless payment systems, augmented reality and more have happened […]
02/07/2024
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By Zoey Sky
WATCHED: Russia to expand surveillance system by requiring integration of private video cameras into government surveillance networks
Reports indicate that Russian officials in the state of Perm Krai have mandated that private video camera owners must integrate their devices into a regional surveillance network, a practice that will soon be enforced nationwide. The initiative, which was the result of a decree from Perm Krai Gov. Dmitry Makhonin, took effect on Jan. 25. The private […]
01/10/2024
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By Arsenio Toledo
British police secretly using U.K. passport database to conduct facial recognition searches
Police forces in the United Kingdom have been secretly using the United Kingdom’s database of 46 million British passport holders to conduct facial recognition searches. This is according to an investigation by British media outlet the Telegraph and British investigative journalism firm Liberty Investigates. They found that British police forces have conducted hundreds of illegal facial recognition searches […]
12/07/2023
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By News Editors
The White House goes rogue: Secret surveillance program breaks all the laws
“We are rapidly entering the age of no privacy, where everyone is open to surveillance at all times; where there are no secrets from government.” — William O. Douglas, dissenting in Osborn v. United States (1966) (Article by John W. Whitehead republished from BlacklistedNews.com) The government wants us to believe that we have nothing to fear from […]
11/03/2023
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By Olivia Cook
BAN THE SCAN: Civil rights groups call on the state of New York to outlaw facial recognition
Thirty-two civil rights groups, under the leadership of the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (STOP), have called on the state of New York to outlaw government use of facial recognition and other biometric technologies in residential buildings and public accommodations or facilities. These groups have declared that facial recognition technology (FRT) is an “immediate threat” to New […]
06/23/2023
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By Arsenio Toledo
Facial recognition tech deployed at Chinese gas stations – people on social credit blacklist can’t refuel
Footage coming out of China indicates that facial recognition systems are now being installed even at gas stations. The footage strongly suggests that Chinese citizens not in good standing in the social credit system may be ineligible for refueling. Videos posted on social media show how customers at one gas station somewhere in China are being […]
06/07/2023
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By Belle Carter
Public housing facilities are being equipped with surveillance systems despite little evidence that they make communities safer
Local officials in the small city of Steubenville, Ohio are installing a new generation of powerful and pervasive surveillance systems to impose maximum surveillance on some of the neighborhood’s least affluent residents, and all the while these same officials claim the new surveillance apparatus will help lessen crime. This scenario is occurring all across the […]
05/30/2023
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By Belle Carter
TSA’s use of FACIAL RECOGNITION tech in US airports rouses privacy concerns
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has roused privacy concerns as it ramped up the use of facial recognition technology in U.S. airports. “What we are trying to do with this is aid the officers to actually determine that you are who you say you are,” Jason Lim, TSA identity management capabilities manager, told reporters during a demonstration […]
05/21/2023
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By Lance D Johnson
Facial recognition program to be rolled out at 16 major U.S. airports, increasing biometric surveillance of Americans
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is rolling out a new facial recognition program at 16 airports across the United States, increasing the government’s biometric surveillance of Americans. These airports include the Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall and Reagan National and the following destinations: Washington, Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Gulfport-Biloxi, Jackson (MS) Las Vegas, Los Angeles, […]
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