Musicians name on Ticketmaster to ban facial recognition at concert events

It’s no secret that facial recognition surveillance is creeping into each nook of our lives, but it surely doesn’t should be. Digital rights group Combat for the Future has launched a grassroots marketing campaign calling on Ticketmaster to bar the usage of facial recognition from stay concert events and festivals.

Final yr, Ticketmaster’s father or mother firm Dwell Nation invested in a facial recognition firm referred to as Blink Identification and has begun to implement the tech at a few of its occasions. Most notably, facial recognition was used throughout Taylor Swift’s 2018 Rose Bowl efficiency to establish and intercept the musician’s stalkers.

Nevertheless, with a number of reported errors of misidentifying folks of coloration, the invasive innovation “places undocumented followers, followers of coloration, trans followers, and followers with legal data prone to being unjustly detained, harassed, or judged,” as acknowledged by FFTF’s mission assertion.

Artists reminiscent of Tom Morello, Amanda Palmer, The Glitch Mob, The Gaslight Anthem’s Brian Fallon, and Ambiance have already come ahead to vocalize their help of the Ban Facial Recognition marketing campaign. In a latest tweet, Morello acknowledged, “I don’t need Huge Brother at my reveals concentrating on followers for harassment, deportation, or arrest.”

Echoing the sentiment, Palmer tweeted, “Folks ought to really feel protected & revered at reveals, not topic to surveillance, harassment, deportation, or arrest.”

See each Morello and Palmer’s Twitter responses under. To maintain knowledgeable or be part of the motion, take a look at the Ban Facial Recognition web site.

For what it’s value, there may be one full proof option to keep away from facial recondition know-how: Gown like a Juggalo.

I don’t need Huge Brother at my reveals concentrating on followers for harassment, deportation, or arrest. That’s why I’m becoming a member of this marketing campaign calling on @Ticketmaster and others to not use #facialrecognition at festivals and concert events. https://t.co/i3a9oPIa5C

— Tom Morello (@tmorello) September 9, 2019

folks ought to really feel protected & revered at reveals, not topic to surveillance, harassment, deportation, or arrest. please be part of me and @fightfortheftr to inform @Ticketmaster & others to not use #facialrecognition at festivals and concert events https://t.co/vdIKF2hbKo #DontTrackFansAtShows

— Amanda Palmer is about to tour the UK/EU (@amandapalmer) September 9, 2019