More than 4,000 Smart Streetlights which use FACIAL RECOGNITION and can record video and audio raise concerns in San Diego
Daily Mail | What began as a way to increase public safety has turned into a civil rights concern.
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90 Per Cent of Plastic Waste Polluting Earth’s Oceans Comes From Asia and Africa
Paul Joseph Watson | So why are westerners being lectured?
Just 38% of Americans Believe in Man Made Climate Change
Paul Joseph Watson | Despite relentless propaganda campaign about scientific “consensus.”
Facebook will bankroll an ‘independent supreme court’ to moderate your content & set censorship precedents
RT | Facebook has unveiled the charter for its ‘supreme court,’ a supposedly independent content moderation board that will take money from, and be appointed by, Facebook itself – while making binding decisions. What could go wrong?
Facebook moderators are becoming ‘addicted’ to extremist and fringe content as they work to rid platform of child porn, violence and more, report claims
Daily Mail | Combating the scourge of extreme content on Facebook is taking a heavy psychological toll on some of the company’s third-party moderators, says a new report.
AI Expert Says We Are Summoning Robot “Entities” Who Will Treat Us Like Ants
Paul Joseph Watson | They “don’t give a shit about you even in the slightest.”
The end is near? Google outage triggers existential crises as panicked users scramble for alternative info sources
RT | A Google search outage had users panicked around the world as their search queries returned “internal server errors,” forcing them to use DuckDuckGo or (shudder) Bing – or take to social media to complain.
China says the world should be wary of Apple because it uses spyware to monitor its users
Daily Mail | China has accused Apple of monitoring its users through spyware on its phones and computers.
Ex-Google employee fears ‘killer robots’ are on the horizon
London Metro | A former software engineer at Google has warned that autonomous killer robots could accidentally start a war in the future.
‘Completely reversible’? UK transgender charity instructs teachers on puberty blockers to 12yo kids
RT | A transgender advocacy NGO has told teachers that puberty blockers are harmless and should be given to children as young as 12 in a “model” training session for UK schools. Scholars and medics warn such advice is “disturbing.”
What could go wrong? Amazon testing crowd-sourced ‘Alexa Answers’ that will let strangers submit responses to users’ questions
Daily Mail | Amazon has announced a new program for its Echo smart speakers that will put anyone with an Amazon account in charge of answering search queries.
The Impact Of Social Media On Young People’s Mental Health
Zero Hedge | Is the end of the “like” coming?
Vinyl Records Set To Outpace CD Sales For The First Time In 30 Years, Even Though They Suck
Zero Hedge | While streaming content has displaced all forms of physical media as the preferred medium for sonic consumption, nostalgia-driven audiophiles have driven Vinyl sales through the roof – at least compared to CDs.
Earthworms are SHRINKING because of underground microplastic pollution which irritates their guts and stunts their growth, study reveals
Daily Mail | Earthworms are getting smaller because they’re digesting microplastics from the soil and struggling to grow, according to research.
Google Nest Is Censorship & Surveillance In Your Home
Mac Slavo | Google wants you to bring Big Brother into the privacy of your home with its Google Nest surveillance system.