(Natural News) Canada has intensified airport surveillance through digital identity and facial recognition systems under the leadership of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Public Safety Canada (PSC) touched on these systems through a May 14 statement in the Canada Gazette, noting that these digital travel credentials formed part of the Regulations Amending the Secure Air Travel […]

(Natural News) Major supermarkets are set to prohibit payment using cards or cash, instead requiring people to scan their faces or fingerprints. Such a manner of payment fits perfectly into an Orwellian surveillance society. Payments giant Mastercard paved the way for this new system, launching a biometrics payment program for retailers. Users checking out goods […]

(Natural News) Financial services giant Mastercard recently introduced a system that makes use of facial recognition technology to confirm payments. The New York-based company defended its move to implement the biometric payment system amid criticism, citing two main reasons. According to Mastercard, such mode of payment facilitates shorter lines and faster checkout time. It is […]

(Natural News) If you “support Ukraine,” then you support a new psychological warfare tactic in which U.S.-created facial recognition technology is being used to terrorize the family members of dead Russian soldiers. According to reports, the Ukrainian government under Volodymyr Zelenskyy is identifying the faces of dead Russian soldiers and sending images of their mangled […]

(Natural News) A Microsoft executive predicts that runaway artificial intelligence (AI) could lead to an Orwellian future if appropriate laws to protect the public aren’t enacted soon. Microsoft president Brad Smith made the comments during an episode of the BBC‘s “Panorama,” aired May 26, that focused on the potential dangers of AI and the race between the United States […]

(Natural News) Officials within the European Union (EU) on Wednesday, April 21, proposed legislation to limit the use of facial recognition technology and other “high-risk” applications of artificial intelligence (AI). The bill was proposed by the European Commission, the main executive body of the EU. The EU is attempting to lead the world in creating and […]

(Natural News) The Chinese Communist Party has been enlisting the help of surveillance corporations to create standards for mass facial recognition systems. These systems allow the government in Beijing to track certain characteristics, such as ethnicity. Activists are warning that the goal is to keep an eye over ethnic minorities in China, including the Uyghurs. […]

(Natural News) The Centers for Disease Control and the Department of Health and Human Services are now taking full control of American’s private medical decisions and suspending the civil liberties of all American travelers coming to/from the United States, including all domestic travelers moving in between the states. These agencies are now enforcing 42 U.S. […]

(Natural News) Banks can now deny or approve loans by screening a person’s face and voice using a newly developed artificial intelligence (AI) designed to determine trustworthiness. Japanese tech company DeepScore recently unveiled its facial and voice recognition app, which it also called DeepScore, at the trade event Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The […]

(Natural News) The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has intensified its surveillance efforts on Chinese citizens, taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to do so. Collaboration between local security bureaus—similar to police departments—and medical institutions such as hospitals made bolstered surveillance efforts possible. According to leaked documents, security bureaus obtained broad powers to collect health data […]