NYC lawmakers pass bill requiring police to disclose surveillance technology

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The bill's passage, which Mayor de Blasio said he was prepared to sign into law, is another signal of the police reform movement's impact.

all took steps back from selling their facial recognition technology to law enforcement, though they left open the possibility of reentering those relationships. Foursquare made a point of not sharing analytics related to the protests, CEO David Shim told CNBC.New York is now the 14th city to adopt a law of this kind, which the American Civil Liberties Union calls. The ACLU launched the initiative in 2016 to get cities to adopt laws that would increase transparency about citizen surveillance.

"The NYPD cannot support a law that seems to be designed to help criminals and terrorists thwart efforts to stop them and endanger brave officers," the spokesperson said. "We are happy to continue these discussions, but only toward an outcome that does not threaten public safety." "I believe these are ludicrous claims," he said. "They've never once explained how these alarmist scenarios would actually play out in reality and so I don't think that these are serious objections. This is just the last cry of objection from an organization that is used to not actually being subject to anyone else's oversight."

 

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crooks running the country

obviously its not too intrusive or more criminals would have been caught this week. anyone worried about the data collection for corona virus contact tracers? probably not that smart? its the same issue, humans.

Say what? No way Jose! 👀

Doesn't the Police Dept work for City Council

CNBC🇨🇳 owned

Disclose all their secrets so that criminals have an edge?

Do the NSA next

Dnc hates police, free speech, free thought, freedom.

What possible reason could NYC lawmakers have to pass a moronic bill undermining NYPDs abilities to protect & serve the public? Anyone supporting such insane propositions should be checked into a mental institution for the criminally insane.

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