Posted on 03/29/2025 3:24:26 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
NEW YORK (AP) — When a protester was caught on video in January at a New York rally against Israel, only her eyes were visible between a mask and headscarf. But days later, photos of her entire face, along with her name and employer, were circulated online.
“Months of them hiding their faces went down the drain!” a fledgling technology company boasted in a social media post, claiming its facial-recognition tool had identified the woman despite the coverings.
She was anything but a lone target. The same software was also used to review images taken during months of pro-Palestinian marches at U.S. colleges. A right-wing Jewish group said some people identified with the tool were on a list of names it submitted to President Donald Trump’s administration, urging that they be deported in accordance with his call for the expulsion of foreign students who participated in “pro-jihadist” protests.
The push to identify masked protesters using facial recognition and turn them in is blurring the line between public law enforcement and private groups. And the efforts have stirred anxiety among foreign students worried that activism could jeopardize their legal status.
“It’s a very concerning practice. We don’t know who these individuals are or what they’re doing with this information,” said Abed Ayoub, national executive director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. “Essentially the administration is outsourcing surveillance.”
“Now they’re using tools of the state to actually go after people,” said a Columbia graduate student from South Asia who has been active in protests and spoke on condition of anonymity because of concerns about losing her visa. “We suddenly feel like we’re being forced to think about our survival.”
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Feel good story of the day !!!
They are here as our guests. If they can’t behave appropriately, they should be sent home.
. And the efforts have stirred anxiety among foreign students worried that activism could jeopardize their legal status.
They say this like it’s a bad thing. Behave. Get your education that you are supposedly here for....or forcefully get sent home.
Administration outsourcing surveillance-lmao- like they don’t do the same.
Deport every one of those sand ni&&ers
Aren’t they supposed to be here to study? And, even if they are they don’t contribute to the USA!
Revoke all visas of “South Asians”, Chinese, and third world schiffholers. American students first!
These are brats who will get away with whatever they think they can get away with. No money and no tax exempt status for schools that have more than 10% foreign involvement.
Ferners, entitled to mischief and mayhem.
“It’s a very concerning practice. We don’t know who these individuals are or what they’re doing with this information,” said Abed Ayoub, national executive director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee.
Is (was) that another USAID-funded "non-profit"?
Private organizations investigating the facts are a bad thing according to AP? Ironic much?
“...no tax exempt status for schools that have more than 10% foreign involvement.” I believe that Columbia U. has more than one-third foreign student enrollment.
‘activism could jeopardize their immigration status’.
A little cause/effect going on there Sherlock?
What’s concerning to you, “Abed”, is what concerns us about you. We don’t know who you are or what you’re doing here.
How nice that Abed is concerned about discrimination.
I guess we can expect AP to go after the Southern Poverty Law Center any time now, right?
Run ‘em out of town on a rail.
The underlying good news in this story is Americans now understand it is ALL HANDS ON DECK to stop the destruction of America. Every true American patriot has a DIRECT role to play in this war to stop this massive invasion by America-haters.
I will suggest that rather than worry about survival, the better course is to desert your terrorist pandering and return to the homes you deserted.
Any one wearing a mask during a demonstration should be federally arrested and immediately detained in a state where there is no judge that is part of the criminal terrorist support conspiracy
This facial recognition stuff they use now sounds like a good deal to me. It seems that the folks who don’t want to be recognized are the only ones against it.
Education is merely a blind. The reason they are here is that they are paid foreign agents on student visas sent for the express purpose of raising hell during terror supporting demonstrations.
All are de facto foreign agents
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