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ποΈ 24 May 2018
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0:00.0 | Welcome back to New World next week. |
0:10.0 | I'm James Corbett of Corbett Report.com. |
0:12.0 | I'm James Evan Polato for MediaMonarchy.com fighting back against the toxic legacy of M.K. Ultra. |
0:18.0 | We got that story plus some funky good news about crooked politicians, but first, Amazon's |
0:23.7 | decision to market a powerful face recognition tool to police could vastly accelerate a |
0:29.7 | dystopian future in which camera equipped officers can identify and track people in real time, |
0:35.5 | whether they're involved in crimes or not. |
0:40.1 | This has come from some crazy conspiracy site. |
0:41.7 | No, it comes from the Associated Press. |
0:46.2 | It's not clear how many law enforcement agencies have purchased the tool called Recognition with a K instead of a C. |
0:49.1 | Since its launch in late 2016 or since its update last fall, |
0:53.1 | when Amazon added capabilities that allow it to identify |
0:55.8 | people in videos and follow their movements almost instantly. |
0:59.9 | Some agencies have used the program to find abducted people, and amusement parks have used |
1:03.8 | it to find lost children. |
1:05.8 | British broadcaster Sky News used recognition to help viewers identify celebrities at the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Megan Markle last weekend. |
1:15.3 | Amazon's technology isn't that different from what face recognition companies are already selling to law enforcement agencies, |
1:20.7 | but the vast reach of the Amazon monster and its interest in recruiting more and more police departments at extremely low prices |
1:29.0 | is troubling. Amazon released recognition in late 2016, and the sheriff's office in Washington |
1:34.8 | County, west of Portland, Oregon became one of its first law enforcement agency customers. |
1:40.2 | A year later, deputies were using it 20 times a day. Last year, the Orlando, Florida Police Department announced it would begin a pilot program relying on Amazon's technology to, quote, |
1:50.0 | use existing city resources to provide real-time detection and notification of persons of interest, |
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