Hidden in SFPD’s latest report on its surveillance using private cameras: police requested access to cameras in Golden Gate Park during the 2023 Outside Lands music festival.

Thousands of law-abiding people potentially monitored and recorded.

A case study in dragnet surveillance. https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/breed-surveillance-camaras-18603519.php

This is astonishing - a California bill would not only legitimize police face recognition, it also gives cops & companies a broad shield against lawsuits brought by people harmed due to its use.

Civil rights orgs across CA strongly oppose #AB642: https://www.aclunc.org/sites/default/files/AB%20642%20%28Ting%20-%20facial%20recognition%29%20coalition%20oppose%20revise%204.4.2023%20%28002%29.pdf