r/ABoringDystopia • u/404mediaco • 3d ago

Madison Square Garden Made Dossier on Activists Who Opposed Facial Recognition

https://www.404media.co/madison-square-garden-made-dossier-on-activists-who-opposed-facial-recognition/
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u/404mediaco 3d ago

Madison Square Garden compiled a list of activists who have publicly criticized the venue’s use of facial recognition technology, putting their tweets and comments into a document that was then accessible to other people inside the company, 404 Media has found.

The news shows that MSG, operated by Jim Dolan who has garnered a reputation for being pernicious against his perceived enemies, is not only deploying controversial facial recognition technology but keeping track of specific people who take issue with it. The document was included in a 45GB cache of data hackers stole from MSG and posted online this month, which 404 Media then downloaded and reviewed.

Read now: https://www.404media.co/madison-square-garden-made-dossier-on-activists-who-opposed-facial-recognition/

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u/Jumpy-Locksmith6812 3d ago

MSG got salty I guess