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Issue#92: boycott GitHub for Zionism Given the repo name, I shouldn't have been surprised

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• aguaviva 2y ago
  Unfortunately there is a very pertinent context to the concerns raised by that user: Microsoft has invested in a startup that uses facial recognition to surveil Palestinians throughout the West Bank, in spite of the tech giant’s public pledge to avoid using the technology if it encroaches on democratic freedoms. AnyVision, which is headquartered in Israel but has offices in the United States, the United Kingdom and Singapore, sells an “advanced tactical surveillance” software system, Better Tomorrow. It lets customers identify individuals and objects in any live camera feed, such as a security camera or a smartphone, and then track targets as they move between different feeds. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/all/why-did-microsoft-fund-israeli-firm-surveils-west-bank-palestinians-n1072116 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/all/why-did-microsoft-fund-isra...
  • thelittleone 2y ago
    They seriously called this app Better Tomorrow. Just wow.