Thousands of newly obtained documents show that Clearview AI’s founders always intended to target immigrants and the political left. Now their digital dragnet is in the hands of the Trump administration.
Thousands of newly obtained documents show that Clearview AI’s founders always intended to target immigrants and the political left. Now their digital dragnet is in the hands of the Trump administration.
I really began to understand MLK Jr’s line “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” in the past few years. For every injustice allowed (in fact, oftentimes rooted for) we are saying that it will actually be OK to do that elsewhere. Eventually the justification will be OK.
In the USA we said surveillance was OK. Just use it to profile “terrorists” in the so-called war on terror. Use it to profile everyone who appears at the border. Use it to profile every Palestinian in Gaza. Use it to only profile gang members and “criminals.” Use it to clandestinely surveil every phone call. Finally, stop pretending: use it to surveil everybody.
How many databases is my face in just because I flew back home from out of the country a few months ago?
This way one should not have voted for a convicted felony…
It just gives the signal that laws are only for non-white and non-male people and that white men can do whatever they want.
Exactly, the ends does not justify the means. Don’t give the government power, because it will seek to expand that power, which will eventually directly impact you. When considering any new power, consider how it could be used against you at some point in the future, and really think deeply about whether you want that.