Facial Recognition
Facebook permanently suspends page of Virginia State Senator Amanda Chase
Big Tech deplatforms another politician.
China wants a digital data bank of all faces and fingerprints
More mass surveillance.
Colorado absurdly proposes to fine social media companies for allowing people to talk about “conspiracies”
Ignoring the First Amendment.
Clearview AI is taking facial recognition privacy invasion case to the Supreme Court
Some jurisdictions have ruled their practices have been illegal.
There’s about to be a big push to encourage people to pay with their face
Despite all privacy concerns.
Huawei’s patent mentions use of Uighur-detecting surveillance
Proposed technology can detect people’s ethnicity from a distance, and raises several human rights concerns.
Communications President steps down from Huawei after Uighur surveillance ties revealed
Tom Zwicky announced he has quit.
UK grocery store Co-op covertly installed facial recognition tracking in stores
Stores didn’t inform customers.
MembersThe invasive tracking tech of the post-COVID world
? Coming soon to a workplace near you.
China is working on a data and surveillance driven “smart city”
Coming soon to the West?
Chinese streaming platforms now have to register with government regulators, add rule-breakers to a blacklist
Users of streaming platforms also have to verify their real names and platforms are required to limit user donations.
MembersChina’s increase in “digital authoritarianism” after COVID shows what could be coming to the West
? The West’s decrease in civil liberties isn’t yet anywhere near the loss in China but the gap is closing.