Hong Kong leader to ban face masks.

**moon** · 10-03-2019, 01:02 PM

Hong Kong leader to ban face masks as she activates colonial-era powers

Carrie Lam warned against ‘slip towards authoritarianism’ as leak reveals police relaxed guidelines on lethal force

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...ial-era-powers

Everybody should have the right to anonymity in public and at home.

**Jack** · 10-03-2019, 01:05 PM

"Some US Cities Are Moving Into Real-Time Facial Surveillance
Chinese authorities apply facial-recognition programs to surveillance videos to identify subjects. Now a report says Chicago and Detroit have purchased their own systems."
https://www.wired.com/story/some-us-...-surveillance/

**moon** · 10-03-2019, 01:21 PM

Originally Posted by Jack

"Some US Cities Are Moving Into Real-Time Facial Surveillance
Chinese authorities apply facial-recognition programs to surveillance videos to identify subjects. Now a report says Chicago and Detroit have purchased their own systems."
https://www.wired.com/story/some-us-...-surveillance/

Yeah. Fight them now or everybody is fucked- even THEM, silly fuckers. Let's have a National Mask Day.

**moon** · 10-07-2019, 02:52 AM

Hong Kong protests: first charges brought under laws banning face masks

Man and woman, arrested on Sunday, appeared in court after arrest for illegally covering their faces

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...face-mask-laws