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Iran Turns to Digital Surveillance Tools to Track Down Protesters

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Has Britain Gone Too Far With Its Digital Controls? - British authorities have ramped up the use of facial recognition, artificial intelligence... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/technology/britain-facial-recognition-digital-controls.html #scotlandyard(metropolitanpoliceservice) #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #freedomofspeechandexpression #facialrecognitionsoftware #civilrightsandliberties #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #politicsandgovernment #london(england)

How Tech Firms Like Google and Meta Are Embracing the Military - In a major shift, Google, OpenAI, Meta and venture capitalists — many of whom had once fo... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/technology/google-meta-openai-military-war.html #unitedstatesdefenseandmilitaryforces #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #russianinvasionofukraine(2022) #virtualreality(computers) #facialrecognitionsoftware #defenseandmilitaryforces #computersandtheinternet #drones(pilotlessplanes) #karpalex

How Tech Firms Like Google and Meta Are Embracing the Military - In a major shift, Google, OpenAI, Meta and venture capitalists — many of whom had once fo... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/technology/google-meta-openai-military-war.html #unitedstatesdefenseandmilitaryforces #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #russianinvasionofukraine(2022) #virtualreality(computers) #facialrecognitionsoftware #defenseandmilitaryforces #computersandtheinternet #drones(pilotlessplanes) #karpalex

How Tech Firms Like Google and Meta Are Embracing the Military - In a major shift, Google, OpenAI, Meta and venture capitalists — many of whom had once fo... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/technology/google-meta-openai-military-war.html #unitedstatesdefenseandmilitaryforces #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #russianinvasionofukraine(2022) #virtualreality(computers) #facialrecognitionsoftware #defenseandmilitaryforces #computersandtheinternet #drones(pilotlessplanes) #karpalex

How Tech Firms Like Google and Meta Are Embracing the Military - In a major shift, Google, OpenAI, Meta and venture capitalists — many of whom had once fo... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/technology/google-meta-openai-military-war.html #unitedstatesdefenseandmilitaryforces #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #russianinvasionofukraine(2022) #virtualreality(computers) #facialrecognitionsoftware #defenseandmilitaryforces #computersandtheinternet #drones(pilotlessplanes) #karpalex

How Tech Firms Like Google and Meta Are Embracing the Military - In a major shift, Google, OpenAI, Meta and venture capitalists — many of whom had once fo... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/technology/google-meta-openai-military-war.html #unitedstatesdefenseandmilitaryforces #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #russianinvasionofukraine(2022) #virtualreality(computers) #facialrecognitionsoftware #defenseandmilitaryforces #computersandtheinternet #drones(pilotlessplanes) #karpalex

Google Agrees to Pay $1.4 Billion to Settle 2 Privacy Lawsuits - The Texas attorney general brought the cases in 2022 under state laws. - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/technology/google-texas-privacy-settlement.html #suitsandlitigation(civil) #facialrecognitionsoftware #computersandtheinternet #googleinc #paxtonken #privacy

How Geo Group’s Surveillance Tech Is Aiding Trump’s Immigration Agenda - Geo Group, a private prison firm that makes digital tools to track immigrants, becomes on... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/technology/trump-immigration-tech-geo-group.html #immigrationandcustomsenforcement(us) #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #governmentcontractsandprocurement #homelandsecuritydepartment #facialrecognitionsoftware #immigrationandemigration #unitedstates

Could Facial Recognition Help Find Man Sought in United Healthcare CEO’s Killing? - Experts disagreed on whether running surveillance camera images released by the police th... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/technology/united-healthcare-ceo-shooting-facial-recognition.html #facialrecognitionsoftware #securityandwarningsystems #thompsonbrian(1974-2024)

Meta Reaches $1.4 Billion Settlement With Texas Over Privacy Violations - The parent company of Facebook and Instagram faced allegations that it had collected faci... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/30/technology/meta-texas-privacy-settlement.html #compensationfordamages(law) #facialrecognitionsoftware #computersandtheinternet #metaplatformsinc #instagraminc #socialmedia #facebookinc #biometrics #paxtonken #privacy #texas

Alison Roman Answers Your Hard Questions - Answers to your moral quandaries, ethical dilemmas and etiquette questions about technolo... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/12/podcasts/hardfork-alison-roman-hard-questions.html #facialrecognitionsoftware #artificialintelligence #cyberattacksandhackers #scienceandtechnology #romanalison

Facial Recognition Led to Wrongful Arrests. So Detroit Is Making Changes. - The Detroit Police Department arrested three people after bad facial recognition matches,... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/29/technology/detroit-facial-recognition-false-arrests.html #falsearrestsconvictionsandimprisonments #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #policedepartment(detroitmich) #williamsrobertjulian-borchak #americancivillibertiesunion #facialrecognitionsoftware #suitsandlitigation(civil) #mugshots

Clearview AI Used Your Face. Now You May Get a Stake in the Company. - The facial recognition start-up doesn’t have the funds to settle a class-action lawsuit, ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/13/business/clearview-ai-facial-recognition-settlement.html #compensationfordamages(law) #suitsandlitigation(civil) #facialrecognitionsoftware #clearviewaiinc #privacy

Clearview AI Used Your Face. Now You May Get a Stake in the Company. - The facial recognition start-up doesn’t have the funds to settle a class-action lawsuit, ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/13/technology/clearview-ai-facial-recognition-settlement.html #compensationfordamages(law) #suitsandlitigation(civil) #facialrecognitionsoftware #clearviewaiinc #privacy

Israel Deploys Expansive Facial Recognition Program in Gaza - The experimental effort, which has not been disclosed, is being used to conduct mass surv... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/27/technology/israel-facial-recognition-gaza.html #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #facialrecognitionsoftware #defenseandmilitaryforces #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #israel-gazawar(2023-) #computervision #palestinians #abutohamosab #googleinc #gazastrip #corsight #cameras #face

Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists Are Breaking Up With China - Under intensifying scrutiny from U.S. lawmakers, top firms have pulled back from investin... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/21/technology/silicon-valley-vc-china.html #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #facialrecognitionsoftware #computersandtheinternet #dcm(venturecapitalfirm) #internationalrelations #politicsandgovernment #communistpartyofchina #siliconvalley(calif) #foreigninvestments

Experts Worry as Facial Recognition Comes to Airports and Cruises - Facial recognition software is speeding up check-in at airports, cruise ships and theme p... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/13/travel/facial-recognition-airports-cruises.html #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #customsandborderprotection(us) #facialrecognitionsoftware #amusementandthemeparks #carnivalcruiselines #travelandvacations #hollandamericaline #airportsecurity #biometrics #cruises

Facial Recognition Spreads as Tool to Fight Shoplifting - British merchants are increasingly using the technology to combat shoplifting, raising qu... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/28/technology/facial-recognition-shoplifters-britain.html #supermarketsandgrocerystores #facialrecognitionsoftware #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #shoppingandretail #computervision #greatbritain #facewatch #privacy #cameras #face

Facial Recognition Powers ‘Automated Apartheid’ in Israel, Report Says - The Israeli government is using computer vision to monitor Palestinian travel across chec... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/01/technology/israel-palestine-facial-recognition.html #hangzhouhikvisiondigitaltechnologycoltd #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #facialrecognitionsoftware #securityandwarningsystems #defenseandmilitaryforces #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #politicsandgovernment #privacy

See How Real AI-Generated Images Have Become - Human eyes — and even technology — often struggle to identify images created by artificia... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/08/business/media/ai-generated-images.html #facialrecognitionsoftware #computersandtheinternet #rumorsandmisinformation #trademarksandtradenames #artificialintelligence #newsandnewsmedia #stabilityailtd #midjourneyinc #photography #socialmedia #bellingcat

Police Relied on Hidden Technology and Put the Wrong Person in Jail - Randal Reid spent nearly a week in confinement, falsely accused of stealing purses in a s... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/31/technology/facial-recognition-false-arrests.html #falsearrestsconvictionsandimprisonments #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #sheriffsoffice(jeffersonparishla) #policedepartment(batonrougela) #facialrecognitionsoftware #civilrightsandliberties #artificialintelligence #jeffersonparish(la)

A.I., Brain Scans and Cameras: The Spread of Police Surveillance Tech - In the Middle East, artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies have become p... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/30/technology/police-surveillance-tech-dubai.html #humanrightsandhumanrightsviolations #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #espionageandintelligenceservices #conventionsfairsandtradeshows #facialrecognitionsoftware #dubai(unitedarabemirates) #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence

Which Stores Are Scanning Your Face? No One Knows. - Our reporter took a five-mile walk around Manhattan to find businesses that are using fac... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/10/technology/facial-recognition-stores.html #supermarketsandgrocerystores #facialrecognitionsoftware #madisonsquaregarden #fairwaysupermarkets #biometrics #macysinc #face

Lawyers Barred by Madison Square Garden Found a Way Back In - MSG Entertainment resorted to facial recognition technology to kick out legal foes, but s... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/16/technology/madison-square-garden-ban-lawyers.html #suitsandlitigation(civil) #facialrecognitionsoftware #securityandwarningsystems #madisonsquaregarden #discrimination #msgnetwork

Texas Sues Google for Collecting Biometric Data Without Consent - Ken Paxton, the state attorney general, said products like Google Photos and the Nest cam... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/20/technology/texas-google-privacy-lawsuit.html #suitsandlitigation(civil) #facialrecognitionsoftware #computersandtheinternet #attorneysgeneral #metaplatformsinc #biometrics #states(us) #googleinc #paxtonken #privacy #texas

This Surveillance Artist Knows How You Got That Perfect Instagram Photo - A tech-savvy artist unearthed video footage of people working hard to capture the perfect... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/24/technology/surveillance-footage-instagram.html #timessquareand42ndstreet(manhattanny) #videorecordingsdownloadsandstreaming #facialrecognitionsoftware #computersandtheinternet #open-sourcesoftware #lawandlegislation #dublin(ireland) #instagraminc #socialmedia #githubinc #art

This Surveillance Artist Knows How You Got That Perfect Instagram Photo - A tech-savvy artist unearthed video footage of people working hard to capture the perfect... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/24/technology/surveillance-footage-instagram.html #timessquareand42ndstreet(manhattanny) #videorecordingsdownloadsandstreaming #facialrecognitionsoftware #computersandtheinternet #open-sourcesoftware #lawandlegislation #dublin(ireland) #instagraminc #socialmedia #githubinc #art

Texas Sues Facebook’s Parent Over Facial Recognition Data - The state’s attorney general said the company repeatedly captured and commercialized biom... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/14/technology/texas-facebook-facial-recognition-lawsuit.html #data-mininganddatabasemarketing #facialrecognitionsoftware #consumerprotection #metaplatformsinc #computervision #socialmedia #facebookinc #biometrics #paxtonken #privacy

Air Force Taps Clearview AI to Research Face-Identifying A.R. Glasses - In a flyer, Clearview said the product “saves lives,” “saves time” and “improves health” ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/03/technology/air-force-clearview-ai-glasses.html #unitedstatesdefenseandmilitaryforces #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #governmentcontractsandprocurement #augmentedreality(computers) #airforceresearchlaboratory #facialrecognitionsoftware #computervision

Your Face Is, or Will Be, Your Boarding Pass - Tech-driven changes are coming fast and furiously to airports, including advancements in ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/07/travel/biometrics-airports-security.html #facialrecognitionsoftware #identificationdevices #airlinesandairplanes #travelandvacations #airportsecurity #biometrics #airports

Facebook Apologizes After A.I. Puts ‘Primates’ Label on Video of Black Men - Facebook called it “an unacceptable error.” The company has struggled with other issues r... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/03/technology/facebook-ai-race-primates.html #facialrecognitionsoftware #blacklivesmattermovement #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #raceandethnicity #zuckerbergmarke #computervision #monkeysandapes #discrimination #socialmedia #blackpeople #facebookinc

Banned Chinese Facial Recognition Technology Was Used to Search for Minneapolis Protesters - One night in the Twin Cities, shortly after the killing of George Floyd, someone set a fi... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/01/technology/minneapolis-protests-facial-recognition.html #bureauofalcoholtobaccofirearmsandexplosives #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #americancivillibertiesunion #georgefloydprotests(2020) #facialrecognitionsoftware #civilrightsandliberties #dahuatechnologycoltd

To Catch Teenage Gamers After Curfew, Chinese Company Deploys Facial Recognition - Tencent Games says it has been using facial recognition to enforce China’s rules on how m... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/08/business/video-game-facial-recognition-tencent.html #facialrecognitionsoftware #computerandvideogames #childrenandchildhood #tencentholdingsltd #china

Who Is Making Sure the A.I. Machines Aren’t Racist? - When Google forced out two well-known artificial intelligence experts, a long-simmering research c... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/15/technology/artificial-intelligence-google-bias.html #mitchellmargaret(researcher) #facialrecognitionsoftware #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #computervision #discrimination #amazon.cominc #microsoftcorp #buolamwinijoy #clarifaiinc #gebrutimnit #googleinc #research

How One State Managed to Actually Write Rules on Facial Recognition - Massachusetts is one of the first states to put legislative guardrails around the use of facial re... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/27/technology/Massachusetts-facial-recognition-rules.html #facialrecognitionsoftware #politicsandgovernment #acluofmassachusetts #lawandlegislation #raceandethnicity #searchandseizure #racialprofiling #discrimination #clearviewaiinc #massachusetts #kadecrockford #boston(mass) #privacy

Intel and Nvidia Chips Power a Chinese Surveillance System - Intel and Nvidia chips power a supercomputing center that tracks people in a place where governmen... - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/22/technology/china-intel-nvidia-xinjiang.html #humanrightsandhumanrightsviolations #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #uighurs(chineseethnicgroup) #facialrecognitionsoftware #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #nvidiacorporation #intelcorporation #xinjiang(china) #muslimsandislam

‘Coded Bias’ Review: When the Bots Are Racist - This cleareyed documentary explores how machine-learning algorithms can perpetuate society’s exist... - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/11/movies/coded-bias-review.html #documentaryfilmsandprograms #facialrecognitionsoftware #artificialintelligence #codedbias(movie) #kantayyashalini #racialprofiling #discrimination #buolamwinijoy

Training Facial Recognition on Some New Furry Friends: Bears - In their spare time, two Silicon Valley developers aided conservationists in developing artificial... - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/11/science/bears-facial-recognition.html #ecologyandevolution(journal) #katmainationalpark(alaska) #facialrecognitionsoftware #conservationofresources #computersandtheinternet #britishcolumbia(canada) #artificialintelligence #your-feed-science #your-feed-animals #computervision #research

Activists Turn Facial Recognition Tools Against the Police - “We’re now approaching the technological threshold where the little guys can do it to the big guys... - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/21/technology/facial-recognition-police.html #policebrutalitymisconductandshootings #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #demonstrationsprotestsandriots #facialrecognitionsoftware #georgefloydprotests(2020) #portland(ore) #belarus

Why Is a Tech Executive Installing Security Cameras Around San Francisco? - Chris Larsen knows that a crypto mogul spending his own money for a city’s camera surveillance sys... more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/10/business/camera-surveillance-san-francisco.html #facialrecognitionsoftware #securityandwarningsystems #blacklivesmattermovement #sanfrancisco(calif) #larsenchris(1960-) #crimeandcriminals #virtualcurrency #ripplelabsinc #policereform #surveillance #boudinchesa #police

We need a new field of AI to combat racial bias - Gary M. Shiffman
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Air Travelers Can’t See All of It, but More Tech Is Moving Them Along - As more people fly, airlines and airports are relying more heavily on artificial intelligence to s... more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/25/business/artificial-intelligence-airports.html #seattle-tacomainternationalairport #customsandborderprotection(us) #homelandsecuritydepartment #facialrecognitionsoftware #miamiinternationalairport #artificialintelligence #identificationdevices #airlinesandairplanes #googleinc

Twitter Tells Facial Recognition Trailblazer to Stop Using Site’s Photos - Twitter said Clearview AI, whose app is spreading in law enforcement, was violating its policies. ... more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/22/technology/clearview-ai-twitter-letter.html?emc=rss&partner=rss #facialrecognitionsoftware #clearviewaiinc #markeyedwardj #facebookinc #wydenron #twitter #venmo

The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It - A little-known start-up helps law enforcement match photos of unknown people to their online image... more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/18/technology/clearview-privacy-facial-recognition.html?emc=rss&partner=rss #facialrecognitionsoftware #artificialintelligence #identificationdevices #schwartzrichard #ton-thathoan #clementpauld #clearviewai #socialmedia #thielpetera #privacy #police

How the Police Use Facial Recognition, and Where It Falls Short - Records from Florida, where law enforcement has long used the controversial technology, offer an i... more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/12/technology/facial-recognition-police.html?emc=rss&partner=rss #facialrecognitionsoftware #pinellascountyfla. #crimeandcriminals #computervision #police #face

‘Nerd,’ ‘Nonsmoker,’ ‘Wrongdoer’: How Might A.I. Label You? - ImageNet Roulette, a digital art project and viral selfie app, exposes how biases have crept into ... more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/20/arts/design/imagenet-trevor-paglen-ai-facial-recognition.html?emc=rss&partner=rss #labelingandlabels(product) #facialrecognitionsoftware #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #amazonmechanicalturk #mobileapplications #stanforduniversity #imagenetroulette #discrimination

In Hong Kong Protests, Faces Become Weapons - A technology-driven quest to identify protesters and police officers has people in both groups des... more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/26/technology/hong-kong-protests-facial-recognition-surveillance.html?emc=rss&partner=rss #policebrutalitymisconductandshootings #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #demonstrationsprotestsandriots #facialrecognitionsoftware #computersandtheinternet #politicsandgovernment #identificationdevices #smartphones

China’s Alipay adds sought-after beauty filters to face-scan payments - In China, striving for accuracy in a piece of facial recognition software isn’t enough. As Alibaba’s... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/ZlNzuMo2MoU/ #facialrecognitionsoftware #facialrecognition #mobilepayments #onlinepayments #alibabagroup #retailstores #ecommerce #payments #alibaba #alipay #selfie #wechat #china #meitu #asia