Users in Texas, Illinois can no longer use certain filters on Instagram and Facebook

Fun social media filters are now banned in Texas and Illinois. Meta turned off AR #filters in the two states after they accused the company of misusing #facial #recognition technology.

Some filters are still available on apps like #Facebook and #Instagram, but the filters that use facial recognition are now gone, thanks to new state laws.

#Texas accused #Meta of violating #privacy rights through its technology.

In #Illinois, a class-action #lawsuit that restricted the use of #biometric data was settled.

Texas has a similar case pending.

However, Meta doesn’t believe that its technology violates facial recognition laws in Illinois and Texas.

Meta said it plans to roll out an opt-in system that would explain how its technology works and continue offering filters that map out users’ faces.

via www.ksby.com



> Meta doesn’t believe that its technology violates facial recognition laws in Illinois and Texas

Hookers believe they are virgins and politicians believe they are honest men who are benevolent towards their people

🇳🇿 NZ police illegally collecting biometric data from Māori in the Wairarapa region, new investigation suggests

New Zealand police forces are unlawfully taking, storing, and using people’s private biometric information according to a joint investigation by the Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) and the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC).

Now, the privacy commissioner confirmed they had issued a compliance notice to the police force to stop collecting duplicate photographs and biometric prints from young people in 2020. Photos were kept on devices as well as databases.

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#biometric #fingerprints #police #newzealand

Documenting the rise of facial recognition in the UK
https://invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=bX-Yxy1ESAQ&local=true

Facial recognition surveillance turns us into walking ID cards, and treats members of the public like suspects in a high-tech police line up.

Our new detailed report, Biometric Britain: The Expansion of Facial Recognition Surveillance, lays out how police, retailers, tech companies and even some schools are investing huge sums of money into this intrusive technology.

#UK #BigBrother #FacialRecognition #Surveillance #biometric #BigBrotherWatchUK

Israeli Occupation: How Microsoft, IBM, Cisco and Dell Enable Surveillance and Control in Palestine – June 2023

In September, Israel installed an AI-powered gun at a military checkpoint in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron. Now, that same technology has been deployed at the entrance of the Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem. Across occupied East Jerusalem, you can find surveillance cameras strategically placed on street corners. And throughout the West Bank, Palestinians’ encounters with Israeli soldiers often include not only violence but face-scanning apps designed to capture their personal data

Who Profits, an Israeli research center documenting the private sector’s links to Israeli occupation, released a report in May on multinational tech companies’ role in facilitating Israel’s human rights violations. The impact of each company ranges, with some overseeing a major project while others provide equipment to a system already in place.

#Apartheid #Technology #biometric #IBM #Cisco #Microsoft #Dell #AI

Nigerians raise eyebrows as CBN tells banks to require social media accounts for KYC | Biometric Update –

There have been mixed reactions by concerned parties in Nigeria following a directive by the country’s Central Bank (CBN) for all financial institutions under its regulatory purview to collect the social media accounts of users as part of Know Your Customer (KYC) processes for account opening.

The directive is contained in new customer due diligence regulations issued by the CBN last month :
https://www.cbn.gov.ng/Out/2023/FPRD/CBN%20Customer%20Due%20diligence%20Reg.%202023-combined.pdf

#Nigeria #biometric

Manufacturing Bipartisan Consent For #Biometric #Surveillance

Joining me once again today is TLAV writer and researcher, and founder/editor of Unlimited Hangout, Whitney Webb, here to discuss the biometric surveillance network being built around democrat and republican alike, while they all squabble about manufactured distractions and situations designed to manufacture bipartisan consent. She explains how this is connected to the push for global governance, the digital #ID, and even Israel and their infamous #unit8200. 

https://www.thelastamericanvagabond.com/whitney-webb-interview-4-17-24/

https://rumble.com/v4q1cdb

https://unlimitedhangout.com/2024/02/investigative-reports/manufacturing-consent-the-border-fiasco-and-the-smart-wall/


@TLAVagabond @UnlimitedHangout