In addition to the founders of Rage Against the Machine, more than 100 artists have announced boycotts of venues with facial recognition.
Zack de la Rocha, Tom Morello, riley boots It is Speedy Ortiz are some of the more than 100 artists who will boycott spaces that use facial recognition. The main reason is concerns about privacy and possible cases of discrimination.
As reported by Rolling Stone USAthe boycott is organized by the group of digital rights advocates fight for the future. The initiative seeks to ban the use of technology in live events. A list of all the artists who joined the idea can be found here.
“Surveillance-focused technology companies are labeling biographical data tools as ‘innovative’ and important for increasing efficiency and security. This is not only false, it is morally corrupt,” he said. Leila Nashashibiactivist of fight for the future.
“To begin with, this technology is so imprecise that it creates more harm and problems than it solves, through misidentification and other technical difficulties. More frightening than that, however, is a world where all facial recognition technology works flawlessly – in other words, a world where privacy does not exist, where we are identified and watched wherever we go,” he added.
The subject has gained strength in recent months with the adoption of technology by the madison square garden, one of the most traditional spaces in New York. Facial recognition was used to identify and remove people from the location. In some cases, lawyers working for firms involved in legal battles against the arena have been unable to attend shows at MSG – even though, individually, they were unrelated and did not work on the lawsuits in question.
Source: Rollingstone
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