When the Detroit police department proposed a network of high-definition surveillance cameras that would stream live video from gas stations, … More
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Facial Recognition Test Mistook 1 in 5 Lawmakers For Criminals In California
SACRAMENTO — California Assemblyman Phil Ting has never been arrested, but he was recently mistaken for a criminal. He’s not surprised. … More
Amazon’s Facial Recognition Supercharging Police Forces
HILLSBORO, Ore. – When workers at an Ace Hardware here reported that a woman had walked out of the … More
US Is Creating A Chinese-Style Public Surveillance Network- Starting With California
Can you imagine a city in the United States secretly creating a Chinese-style public surveillance network that can identify everyone? … More
World Wide Surveillance System Being Created Illegally By Collecting Millions Of Photos Available Online Without Permission
People’s faces are being used without their permission, in order to power technology that could eventually be used to surveil … More
Didn’t See That Coming: FBI Is Using Amazon’s Facial Recognition Program
The FBI is piloting Amazon’s facial matching software—Amazon Rekognition—as a means to sift through mountains of video surveillance footage the … More
Seattle School Installs Facial Recognition System
RealNetworks is offering schools a new, free security tool: facial-recognition software. But as the technology moves further into public spaces, … More
Facebook Patents Show Site Tracks Users In Real World
When Facebook rolled out facial recognition tools in the European Union this year, it promoted the technology as a way … More
Amazon’s Fusion With The State Shows NeoLiberalism’s Drift To NeoFacism
In Part 1 of our investigative series on Surveillance Capitalism, MPN spoke to author Yasha Levine and Monthly Review editor John Bellamy Foster about … More
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