Oh. my. god.

Madison Square Garden used facial recognition to identify and stop a mom from attending a Christmas show with her kid because she's an attorney at a firm who is engaged in litigation with them.

This is why it's not enough to just ban government and law enforcement use of #facialrecognition. There are so many ways private companies and even individuals can abuse #biometric #surveillance tech.

#BanFacialRecognition entirely. Yesterday.

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/msgs-facial-recognition-stops-mom-from-attending-christmas-show-with-child/4004471/

Here's @team statement on this:

We call for #MadisonSquareGarden to immediately end all use of #facialrecognition and #biometric #surveillance tech.

And we call on lawmakers to enact a ban on all use of facial recognition in places of public accommodation, as defined by the ADA.

https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2022-12-20-breaking-madison-square-garden-uses-facial-recognition-to-bar-mom-from-attending-christmas-concert-with-her-daugher

BREAKING: Madison Square Garden uses facial recognition to bar mom from attending Christmas concert with her daugher

NBC News is reporting that Madison Square Garden used facial recognition surveillance to identify and stop a mom who was attending the iconic Christmas show at Radio City Music Hall with her daughter, a literal girl scout. The mom was then thrown out of the venue, because she works for a law firm that is […]

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@evangreer This is how the Boston Marathon Race bombers were caught. Public cameras. I have no problem with facial recognition and public cameras. Try walking in London without being on a dozen cameras.

The use that the Madison Square Garden used it for is despicable and they should pay a penalty. Not attending anything in MSG I can easily do. (I live in Boston)

@paultmorrison @evangreer uh, msg corporation owns venues worldwide.
@bbennettesq @evangreer Also boycotting Boston Calling Events, LLC (BCE) and I hate the Knicks.

@evangreer @team

Seriously? Aside from the very real and serious privacy concerns, I mean, how downright petty is this?

@evangreer @team
To be clear - she was denied entrance to Radio City Music Hall by owners MSG corp, which is owned by primal asshole James Dolan and family.
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And it's it catches a suicide bomber, or more likely in The USA, a nut job with a gun and an urge to shoot people.
Banning people from their premises for personal reasons just makes them look petty.