2021-11-09
Breaking: @washingtonpost investigation exposes massive Israeli facial recognition program—Blue Wolf—that matches exclusively Palestinian faces to database & flashes color-coded instructions on whether to detain them. “Facebook for Palestinians.” Apartheid https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Washington Post
Ex-Israeli soldiers say the country built a “Facebook for Palestinians” over the last two years to monitor Palestinians through facial recognition tech
HEBRON, West Bank — The Israeli military has been conducting a broad surveillance effort in the occupied West Bank …
2020-03-29
Microsoft says it has “divested its shareholding in AnyVision.” Citing investigation into its work in Israel/West Bank that acknowledges use at “crossing checkpoints,” it says it won't invest in facial recognition technology given lack of oversight https://m12.vc/... https://twitter.com/...
The Verge
Microsoft will no longer invest in third-party facial recognition firms, including AnyVision, after the Israeli company was accused of surveilling Palestinians
AnyVision was accused of helping the Israeli government surveil the West Bank — Microsoft says it will no longer invest …