2020-05-10
Deseret News
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CEO of surveillance firm Banjo resigns after a report last month that he was once a neo-Nazi and was involved in the drive-by shooting of a synagogue
PARK CITY — Embattled event detection tech firm Banjo announced Friday that the company's current CEO and founder, Damien Patton …
2020-04-29
Salt Lake Tribune
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Utah AG suspends Banjo's state contract after report about its founder's KKK past, suspends use of the surveillance tech while auditing it on data privacy, bias
you should also read his book on police/tech surveillance. https://twitter.com/... Schmaltzing Matilda / @shammaboyarin : Some of those who burn crosses, create massive surveillance tech for the force...
2020-03-10
VICE
Sources: Banjo, an AI-powered surveillance insights firm, used a shadow company to push benign-looking Android and iOS apps that secretly scraped social media
follow music news—but designed to harvest innocent users' data. Source said did same as Cambridge Analytica but “more nefariously” https://www.vice.com/...
2020-03-05
VICE
A look at Banjo, which offers Palantir-like tools to flag emergencies, crime, and more using AI and has a 5-year deal with Utah and access to surveillance data
it's off the charts, building a total surveillance state. https://www.vice.com/... Emily Coleman / @editoremilye : Well, this is a nightmare. https://twitter.com/... Robert Scoble / @scobleizer : This...
2015-05-07
Wall Street Journal
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Banjo raises $100M from SoftBank to build out software that detects world events in real time, using photos and videos uploaded to social media sites
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