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Clearview AI wants to sell its facial recognition software to authoritarian regimes around the world A document obtained via a public records request reveals that Clearview has been touting a “rapid international expansion”... to at least 22 more countries, some of which have committed human rights abuses. The document... includes the United Arab Emirates, a country historically hostile to political dissidents, and Qatar and Singapore, the penal codes of which criminalize homosexuality... Clearview CEO Hoan Ton-That declined to explain whether Clearview is currently working in the...

‘Predictive policing’ continues in Pasco’s school; it’s been amended, not ended | Column Instead of ending the surveillance agreement, the Pasco County School Board worked with the sheriff to amend it behind closed doors.     Caitlin Al-Mutawa, of Tampa, a speech-language pathologist with Veteran's Elementary School in Wesley Chapel, speaks out against student information and data sharing between the Pasco County Schools and the Pasco County Sheriff's Office during a Pasco School Board meeting in December 2020. Listening, at right, is Pasco County school superintende...

NYPD Sending Its "Creepy" Robot Dog To The Farm Upstate arrow A robot dog known as "Spot" manufactured by Boston Dynamics during a demonstration earlier this year Josh Reynolds/AP/Shutterstock The NYPD is giving up its robot dog, after the four-legged machine sparked ridicule, comparisons to dystopian sci-fi plots, and scrutiny into the department's use of taxpayer money. An NYPD spokesperson confirmed to Gothamist that they had terminated a contract with Boston Dynamics, which had been leasing the "Digidog" to the department since last year. NYPD officials initially s...

False facial recognition sends innocent New Jersey man to jail By CNN Staff | April 29, 2021 at 5:35 PM EDT - Updated April 30 at 9:33 AM (CNN) - New Jersey police arrested an innocent man on unlawful possession of a weapon, resisting arrest and aggravated assault charges after he was falsely identified by facial recognition technology. Law enforcement agencies across the country use facial recognition to generate leads on suspects, but it can have a major negative impact on innocent people if the technology gets it wrong. Police responded to reports of a theft at a Hampton Inn in Woodbri...

Greenpoint Open Streets War Escalates As Saboteur Tosses Barricades Into Newtown Creek arrow The Berry Street Open Street (above) in Williamsburg has generated significantly less controversy than the Open Streets in Greenpoint on Driggs Avenue and Russell Street. Gothamist Last week, a mysterious man wearing flip-flops and driving a supposedly “counterfeit” Amazon van stole a slew of Open Streets barriers in Greenpoint. How does one dispose of 16 huge, heavy metal barricades? Apparently by chucking them into Newtown Creek. “We took a boat out and we were able to ...