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Facial recognition gets more false positives on POC. This is just an excuse to lock up innocent people.
this post was submitted on 26 Jun 2025
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Upload a photo of an LAPD cop to identify them. It's not ICE or all jurisdictions, but it's a start.
Great, let's all fucking wear masks again -_-
It's your right until they ban it
Many red states have banned wearing masks at protests.
It's difficult to identify cops when they hide their name, badge number, and face. And when they get extra, pro bono legal support when challenged.
And those are just the developments from this year that I can recall.
Edit: this was supposed to be a reply to @NoiseColor@lemmy.world but either my app broke or I'm half blind
Can't people identify these agents?
This is exactly why so many of them are masked.
I meant like forensically finding out who they are. It can be done and I bet there is a lot of people online who would pitch in.
So this is why GOP just introduced a bill in MI that would allow the police to force you to remove your mask. Good thing ICE is not police so they can fuck off if they tell me to remove my mask.
https://www.wlns.com/capital-rundown/bill-would-allow-police-to-make-you-remove-your-mask/
remember when they demanded you take off your mask at the no kings protest?
“The app uses CBP's Traveler Verification Service and the Seizure and Apprehension Workflow that contains the biometric gallery of individuals for whom CBP maintains derogatory information for facial recognition,” the email reads. The exact definition of derogatory information in this context is not clear but 404 Media has previously reported on a database that ICE uses to find “derogatory” speech online.
I shouldn't be shocked or surprised, and yet, I am. Fuck this.