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NOLA city council surprise discussion of facial recognition tech scheduled for this morning (June 30th) at 10 am

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    cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/41274094

    NOTE: The City Council’s criminal-justice committee is slated to discuss surveillance cameras at 10 a.m. today (Monday).

    The New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) is spying on you and lying about it. On May 29th, 2025, the Washington Post revealed NOPD’s secret collaboration with Project NOLA to use banned Chinese facial recognition cameras all over New Orleans to spy on you. There are more than 5,000 cameras across NOLA. All of them are run by Project NOLA executive director Bryan Lagarde, a former NOPD cop.

    I had no idea they were meeting about this today in one hour! I even checked the meeting agenda last night, and didn't see anything related to surveillance.

    I was prepared for the meeting on July 10th, and once again, I only found out about this bc I went out of my way looking for any mention of this.

    Zero information from City officials or any mainstream local news. Only one mention from a small independent publisher that has been tracking this bullshit since the Palantir scandal of 2018.

    I am getting so sick of this evasive bullshit!

    Anyone that happens to see this, please watch the live stream at 10 am if you can:

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    (cityofno.granicus.com)

    If it doesn't work on mobile, it should work on desktop. If they do that pre-meeting, meeting adjourned BS again, close out the window and re-open the Livestream.

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  • A acidiclybasicglitch@sh.itjust.works

    cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/41274094

    NOTE: The City Council’s criminal-justice committee is slated to discuss surveillance cameras at 10 a.m. today (Monday).

    The New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) is spying on you and lying about it. On May 29th, 2025, the Washington Post revealed NOPD’s secret collaboration with Project NOLA to use banned Chinese facial recognition cameras all over New Orleans to spy on you. There are more than 5,000 cameras across NOLA. All of them are run by Project NOLA executive director Bryan Lagarde, a former NOPD cop.

    I had no idea they were meeting about this today in one hour! I even checked the meeting agenda last night, and didn't see anything related to surveillance.

    I was prepared for the meeting on July 10th, and once again, I only found out about this bc I went out of my way looking for any mention of this.

    Zero information from City officials or any mainstream local news. Only one mention from a small independent publisher that has been tracking this bullshit since the Palantir scandal of 2018.

    I am getting so sick of this evasive bullshit!

    Anyone that happens to see this, please watch the live stream at 10 am if you can:

    Link Preview Image
    City Council Encoder2

    Live and Recorded Public meetings of City Council Encoder2 for City of New Orleans, LA

    favicon

    (cityofno.granicus.com)

    If it doesn't work on mobile, it should work on desktop. If they do that pre-meeting, meeting adjourned BS again, close out the window and re-open the Livestream.

    lemmie689@lemmy.sdf.orgL

    I always carry a spare

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  • A acidiclybasicglitch@sh.itjust.works

    cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/41274094

    NOTE: The City Council’s criminal-justice committee is slated to discuss surveillance cameras at 10 a.m. today (Monday).

    The New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) is spying on you and lying about it. On May 29th, 2025, the Washington Post revealed NOPD’s secret collaboration with Project NOLA to use banned Chinese facial recognition cameras all over New Orleans to spy on you. There are more than 5,000 cameras across NOLA. All of them are run by Project NOLA executive director Bryan Lagarde, a former NOPD cop.

    I had no idea they were meeting about this today in one hour! I even checked the meeting agenda last night, and didn't see anything related to surveillance.

    I was prepared for the meeting on July 10th, and once again, I only found out about this bc I went out of my way looking for any mention of this.

    Zero information from City officials or any mainstream local news. Only one mention from a small independent publisher that has been tracking this bullshit since the Palantir scandal of 2018.

    I am getting so sick of this evasive bullshit!

    Anyone that happens to see this, please watch the live stream at 10 am if you can:

    Link Preview Image
    City Council Encoder2

    Live and Recorded Public meetings of City Council Encoder2 for City of New Orleans, LA

    favicon

    (cityofno.granicus.com)

    If it doesn't work on mobile, it should work on desktop. If they do that pre-meeting, meeting adjourned BS again, close out the window and re-open the Livestream.

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    Facial recognition hates jugalos and adversarial clothing patterns

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