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Privacy group details extensive city-run surveillance in new report
A technology privacy group raised concerns over the extent that New York City agencies surveil the public in a report, alleging the city’s surveillance network is dangerous and ineffective.
“Technology also plays a critical role in our operations — and we’ve implemented tools and practices that are not only legal and equitable, but — simply put — are effective at getting the bad guys off our streets and keeping good people safe.” The handbook frames New York’s extensive surveillance system as a threat to political liberties because police and city agencies have the capability to track protesters or dissenters, effectively “chilling expression.” “Even if these technologies seemingly posed no threat in terms of their accuracy, the functioning of the criminal legal system — which is structured around an incentive to convict and is informed by personal biases — would still render them dangerous,” the report reads.
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