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Diligence Jones

My takeaway: the guy who designed the tool identifying student protesters is a narc.
A snitch.
A collaborator.
A cop.

Right now the world is splitting into two groups: are you a cop? Or are you NOT a cop?

ACAB is about more than who wears a uniform.

apnews.com/article/trump-forei

A protester waves a Palestinian flag at the University of New Mexico solidarity encampment in Albuquerque in May 2024. (Chancey Bush/The Albuquerque Journal via AP, File)
AP News · Private groups identify, report student protesters for deportationBy Adam Geller

@DeliaChristina

It’s a form of vigilantism, with the same lack of consequences for any mistakes made.

@DeliaChristina
My takeaway: the guy who designed the tool is lying about its accuracy in identifying student protesters.

But, as with many "criminal science" tools, that won't matter until 15-20 years from now, if ever, when someone admits it, but those convicted with it are left to rot.

@katrinakatrinka @DeliaChristina
Exactly where my mind went.
This thing is generating false positives.
It just is.

@ohmu @katrinakatrinka @DeliaChristina
Yep, this kind of stuff never works anywhere near as well as advertised, but part of the intent is making us all afraid that it does.

@DeliaChristina@sfba.social If this is true (third-party groups using facial recognition and other augmented technologies to identify so-called anti-Israeli activists), then this is essentially the same as SWATting.