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Kashmir Hill Dec 20, 2022

This is absolutely insane. A mom was prevented from taking her daughter to a Christmas show at Radio City Music Hall because she works for a law firm litigating against the venue's parent company. They spotted her with facial recognition technology according to this report: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/investigations/face-recognition-tech-gets-girl-scout-mom-booted-from-rockettes-show-due-to-her-employer/4004677/

Face Recognition Tech Gets Girl Scout Mom Booted From Rockettes Show — Due to Where She Works

Kelly Conlon took her daughter to see the Rockettes in the Christmas Spectacular in NYC, but was not allowed in after facial recognition identified her because…

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Ben Hager Dec 20, 2022

@kashhill I guess I don’t really see the problem. If they have an active lawsuit against the venue, why does the venue have to do business with them?

Seems to me that your professional choices should have consequences.

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VivSmythe

@benhager @kashhill sounds like she just works for a firm which is representing a third party in a lawsuit, they don't even know (or care) whether she's directly involved with the case. Lawyers are trained to argue cases on points of law alone, whether they personally agree with the client or not, in any case.