Techdirt [Unofficial]How AI Can Lead To False Arrests & Wrongful Convictions
Richard Penner@darwinwoodka The company most famously associated with this was #Hertz. #WrongfulArrest #Lawsuit #Settlement
A widely reported problem involved Hertz mistakenly reporting rental cars as stolen, then failing to remove those reports after the cars were found and rented to other customers. In some cases, innocent renters were pulled over, arrested, and even jailed while driving cars they had legally rented.
The issue became significant enough that Hertz agreed to pay about $168 million in settlements to resolve hundreds of wrongful-arrest claims.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/17/hertz-car-rental-accused-customers-auto-theft
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hertz-customers-allege-false-arrests-lawsuit/
https://www.motor1.com/news/625733/hertz-to-pay-wrongful-theft-claims/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/12/06/hertz-settlement-false-arrests-lawsuit/
Global News BCB.C. court awards $1.8M in damages for assault, wrongful arrest by Metrotown guards
The B.C. Supreme Court has awarded $1.8 million in damages to a man who was assaulted and wrongfully arrested by security guards as a teenager at Metrotown mall in 2019.
#Canada #Metrotown
https://globalnews.ca/news/11813664/metrotown-guards-arrests-damages/
The B.C. Supreme Court has awarded $1.8 million in damages to a man who was assaulted and wrongfully arrested by security guards as a teenager at Metrotown mall in 2019.
#Canada #Metrotown
https://globalnews.ca/news/11813664/metrotown-guards-arrests-damages/
Global NewsB.C. court awards $1.8M in damages for assault, wrongful arrest by Metrotown guards
The B.C. Supreme Court has awarded $1.8 million in damages to a man who was assaulted and wrongfully arrested by security guards as a teenager at Metrotown mall in 2019.
#Canada #Metrotown
https://globalnews.ca/news/11813664/metrotown-guards-arrests-damages/
The B.C. Supreme Court has awarded $1.8 million in damages to a man who was assaulted and wrongfully arrested by security guards as a teenager at Metrotown mall in 2019.
#Canada #Metrotown
https://globalnews.ca/news/11813664/metrotown-guards-arrests-damages/
Global News OkanaganB.C. court awards $1.8M in damages for assault, wrongful arrest by Metrotown guards
The B.C. Supreme Court has awarded $1.8 million in damages to a man who was assaulted and wrongfully arrested by security guards as a teenager at Metrotown mall in 2019.
#Canada #Metrotown
https://globalnews.ca/news/11813664/metrotown-guards-arrests-damages/
The B.C. Supreme Court has awarded $1.8 million in damages to a man who was assaulted and wrongfully arrested by security guards as a teenager at Metrotown mall in 2019.
#Canada #Metrotown
https://globalnews.ca/news/11813664/metrotown-guards-arrests-damages/
Global News CanadaB.C. court awards $1.8M in damages for assault, wrongful arrest by Metrotown guards
The B.C. Supreme Court has awarded $1.8 million in damages to a man who was assaulted and wrongfully arrested by security guards as a teenager at Metrotown mall in 2019.
#Canada #Metrotown
https://globalnews.ca/news/11813664/metrotown-guards-arrests-damages/
The B.C. Supreme Court has awarded $1.8 million in damages to a man who was assaulted and wrongfully arrested by security guards as a teenager at Metrotown mall in 2019.
#Canada #Metrotown
https://globalnews.ca/news/11813664/metrotown-guards-arrests-damages/
AmmarSpacesUPDATE REGARDING AMSAL SITEPU CASE
WE WON, AMSAL SITEPU ARE FREE! ALL HIS ALLEGATIONS HAS BEEN DROPPED.
THIS SHOWS THAT, IN INDONESIA IT MUST BE VIRAL FIRST, NOT IT MUST BE REVIEWED FIRST.
YES, HE IS "LUCKY" THAT HIS CASE WENT VIRAL, THERE ARE MANY STORIES THAT NOT DISCOVERED BY THE MASS WITH SAD ENDING.
Case context:
https://infosec.exchange/@AmmarSpaces/116318006721908710
#MediaRights
#DocumentaryFilm
#CreativeLabor
#VideoVillage
#Indonesia
#JusticeForAmsalSitepu
#FreeAmsalSitepu
#AmsalSitepu
#IndonesiaNews
#Corruption
#Wrongfularrest
Recently, there is a fucking stupid case in Indonesia. Where a photographer were sentenced for two years in prison, because he was accused of doing budget markup for a VILLAGE VIDEO, which is the total are only around 30 Million rupiah or 1.763,17 Dolar.
The problem is, as you can see here, the auditor (the one accused the photographer) viewed that, the cost of CONCEPT/IDEAS, MICROPHONE, CUTTING, AND DUBBING
SHOULD HAVE BEEN ZERO, FUCKING ZERO....
Chronology so far can be found here:
https://www.bbc.com/indonesia/articles/cy41v3p1pxjo
The video profile in question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh2SxFbSEQ0
#MediaRights
#DocumentaryFilm
#CreativeLabor
#VideoVillage
#Indonesia
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#Corruption
#Wrongfularrest
Eric Darnley SmallTennessee grandmother Angela Lipps spent over five months in jail after AI facial recognition wrongly linked her to bank fraud crimes in Fargo, North Dakota, where she'd never been. Police relied on a partner agency's AI system and additional investigative steps before issuing a warrant, but Chief Zibolski admitted "part of the issue" was overreliance on flawed AI data. Despite promising operational changes, police stopped short of a direct apology. This case highlights risks of AI facial recognition—false identifications can ruin lives and expose systemic flaws in law enforcement. Click here: https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/29/us/angela-lipps-ai-facial-recognition #AIEthics #FacialRecognition #JusticeReform #WrongfulArrest #TechAccountability #CivilRights
Police used AI facial recognition to arrest a Tennessee woman for crimes committed in a state she says she’s never visited
A Tennessee grandmother spent more than five months in jail after police used an AI facial recognition tool to link her to crimes committed in North Dakota – a state she says she’d never been to before.
Hacker NewsPolice used AI facial recognition to wrongly arrest TN woman for crimes in ND
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/29/us/angela-lipps-ai-facial-recognition
#HackerNews #AItechnology #wrongfularrest #facialrecognition #policeissues #civilrights
Police used AI facial recognition to arrest a Tennessee woman for crimes committed in a state she says she’s never visited
A Tennessee grandmother spent more than five months in jail after police used an AI facial recognition tool to link her to crimes committed in North Dakota – a state she says she’d never been to before.