Why Are Vast Numbers Of People Relocating To Small Towns All Over The Country?
By Michael Snyder In recent years, Americans have been fleeing our largest cities in unprecedented numbers, and many of them have decided to settle down…
Crime
Facewatch, Met police face lawsuits after facial recognition misidentification
By Masha Borak Biometric security company Facewatch, which provides facial recognition software to shops across the UK, is facing a lawsuit after its system wrongly…
Surveillance Prison Taking Shape: Facial Recognition is Turning Us Into Walking ID Cards
The following excerpt is from page 4 of The Light (Issue 44, April 2024) published by The Light Paper. The Light is a people-funded monthly newspaper that can either…
Caught in the Crosshairs? How Geofence Warrants Turn Innocent People into Suspects
By Michael Boldin Imagine being a suspect for simply walking near a crime scene. That’s the reality of a mass, warrantless surveillance tool called a…
AI deepfakes are wreaking havoc on an unprepared financial industry
By Joel R. McConvey The identity of the firm targeted in a deepfake video scam that resulted in the loss of US$25 million has been…
UK invests in 4 police vans with live facial recognition to cut knife crime
By Chris Burt The UK government has announced investments in live facial recognition and research and development for remote scanning technologies as it attempts to…
Clearview AI facial recognition gets green light for use by Dallas police
By Joel R. McConvey Police in Dallas, Texas are getting AI-driven facial recognition technology. Local ABC affiliate WFAA reports that city council has approved the…
Rights commission concerned about proposed facial recognition bill for Irish police
By Abigail Opiah The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) has stated that the legislation regarding the proposed implementation of facial recognition technology (FRT)…
Paris rolls out AI surveillance for Taylor Swift
By Masha Borak Pop superstar Taylor Swift had her concert in Paris guarded by AI-powered video surveillance as the city prepares for heightened security risks…
Police in Germany using live facial recognition
By Masha Borak Police in Germany are employing high-definition cameras and live facial recognition to catch suspects, raising legal questions in the wake of the…
What Can Go Wrong When Police Use AI to Write Reports?
By Matthew Guariglia Axon—the makers of widely-used police body cameras and tasers (and that also keeps trying to arm drones)—has a new product: AI that…
Documentary: Weapons of Mass Migration May 9
By Neenah Payne The documentary “Weapons of Mass Migration” below explains how the UN and US facilitate mass illegal migration to destroy America. Watch it…
Gun violence remains a top issue in US
Op-Ed by Emily Thompson Gun violence continues to plague the United States and thousands of people die each year from gunshot wounds. Over 40,000 people…
Indian police adopt facial recognition despite risk of massive data breaches
By Joel McConvey “Real-time facial recognition” typically refers to continuous biometric monitoring. But it applies equally as well to the experience of watching in real…