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A new video from human rights organization Amnesty International maps the locations of more than 15,000 cameras used by the New York Police Department, both for routine surveillance and in facial-recognition searches. A 3D model shows the 200-meter range of a camera, part of a sweeping dragnet capturing the unwitting movements of nearly half of the cityâs residents, putting them at risk for misidentification. The group says it is the first to map the locations of that many cameras in the city.
Amnesty International and a team of volunteer researchers mapped cameras that can feed NYPDâs much criticized facial-recognition systems in three of the cityâs five boroughsâManhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronxâfinding 15,280 in total. Brooklyn is the most surveilled, with over 8,000 cameras.
Published Jun 3, 2021 Updated Jun 3, 2021, 7:59 am CDT
The New York City Police Department (NYPD) has access to more than 15,000 cameras that they grab images from and feed into facial recognition software, a civil rights group has found. Featured Video Hide
Amnesty International enlisted thousands of volunteers to investigate the use of facial recognition technology as part of a “Ban the Scan” campaign launched in January. Advertisement Hide
The “Ban the Scan” campaign which was spearheaded by Amnesty International, AI for the People, the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (STOP), the Immigrant Defense Project, the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), and other groups included having volunteers locate CCTV cameras across the city.
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