Kashmir HillDec 23, 2022
After the report about the Girl Scout mom getting booted from Radio City Music Hall, I spent the last two days reporting out the use of facial recognition technology by the Madison Square Garden empire to keep hundreds of lawyers that work for firms that have sued it from attending concerts, sporting events and shows. It is a radical use of the technology by a private company and I am truly shocked by how forthright MSG is about its real-world block list. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/22/nyregion/madison-square-garden-facial-recognition.html
Madison Square Garden Uses Facial Recognition to Ban Its Owner’s Enemies

MSG Entertainment, the owner of the arena and Radio City Music Hall, has put lawyers who represent people suing it on an “exclusion list” to keep them out of concerts and sporting events.

The New York Times
Show threadJohn AllsoppDec 23, 2022
@kashhill what do artists think about their customers and fans being turned away by a subcontractor? What happens the first Taylor Swift concert when this occurs? Plus of all the groups I’d target for punitive action lawyers would be WAY down the list
Show threadKashmir HillDec 23, 2022
@johnallsopp seriously missed opportunity by me to get comment from Mariah Carey
Show threadJohn Allsopp
@kashhill she’s usually not shy of publicity but maybe not this time?
Dec 23, 2022 at 3:50amWeb