On October 26, 2001, just 45 days following the events of 9/11, then Republican President George Bush signed the Patriot Act into law.&nbsp;Patriotic violation of the Constitution?The groundbreaking act provided for warrantless surveillance and searches of property, calls, messages and business records of American citizens in direct contravention of the Bill of Rights.<blockquote>Amendment IV: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. [Emphasis added].</blockquote><div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Educating students about the Patriot Act’s infringement on their 4th amendment rights yesterday! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/restorethe4th?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#restorethe4th</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/YALiberty?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@YALiberty</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sfliberty?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@sfliberty</a> <a href="https://t.co/Oh6xxEOVfM">pic.twitter.com/Oh6xxEOVfM</a>— YAL@NEU (@NortheasternYAL) <a href="https://twitter.com/NortheasternYAL/status/922845710600626176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 24, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div>Biden wrote it before 9/11?Having been written and passed by both houses of Congress at an astonishing pace, one might wonder whether a draft of the legislation predates the tragedy of 9/11. One need not rely on conjecture, though. Joe Biden revealed, in testimony at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in 2002, that he in fact authored the main parts of the act half a decade before it passed:<blockquote>[Y]ou can ask the attorney general this because I got a call when he introduced the Patriot Act. He said, "Joe, I'm introducing the act basically as you wrote it in 1994.” . . . [B]ut just to set the record straight; almost the same thing that got passed, the Patriot Act, was introduced by me in 1994 and it was the right wing that defeated it. You guys tried to help get it passed, including the wiretap changes and the rest.&nbsp; [Emphasis added].</blockquote><div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">In his own words<a href="https://t.co/dsP9leTaZD">https://t.co/dsP9leTaZD</a>— PKSTruth (@entitymaster) <a href="https://twitter.com/entitymaster/status/1701249328918979029?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 11, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div>Worse than it sounds?The Center for Democracy &amp; Technology (CDT), which opposed the Patriot Act even before it was passed, <a href="https://cdt.org/insights/reflecting-on-20-years-of-the-patriot-act-u-s-surveillance-authorities-must-still-change/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">explained</a> that the legislation turned out to be even more of an encroachment on the Fourth Amendment than they imagined and that it was approved by senators who did not read it:<blockquote>The day before the Patriot Act passed in October 2001, Center for Democracy &amp; Technology founder Jerry Berman warned, “This bill has been called a compromise, but the only thing compromised is our civil liberties.”&nbsp;. . .[F]ormer U.S. Senator Russ Feingold, the lone “no” vote in the Senate against the Patriot Act, and Laura Murphy, who managed the ACLU’s Legislative Office in Washington, D.C. at the time of the bill’s passage . . . reflected on the speed with which the bill moved through Congress, despite containing “an old wishlist of the FBI . . . because they knew it was going to pass.” Feingold remarked that many other members of the Senate admitted that they never read or even gained a basic understanding of what was in the Patriot Act. But their review, said Murphy, revealed that “some of the authorities went far beyond anything we could have imagined." [Emphases added].</blockquote>The CDT detailed those new “authorities," including the “top secret" origins of some of the surveillance:<blockquote>The Patriot Act expanded the ability of government to obtain a broad range of business records without a warrant, and to issue National Security Letters or administrative subpoenas — and for both of these authorities, it removed the requirement that the government show that the information related to a foreign power or an agent of a foreign power.&nbsp;Section 702, a program that allows warrantless collection of the content of communications, had its origins in the top secret Stellar Wind program conducted under a claim of inherent presidential power and was then codified by Congress in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Amendments Act, also remains problematic: among other issues, once the government has collected information, current rules allow it to search that data for information about specific Americans without a warrant or court review. [Emphases added].</blockquote>In fact, new agencies like the TSA and DHS, were created to check and spy on citizens, often patriotic Americans, to enforce the Orwellian named Patriot Act.<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">Part 23 The Goal The Events of 911 changed America, it introduced the Patriot Act 1&amp;2, it established the Dept of Homeland Security and used to pass Military Commissions Act to remove Habeas Corpus, set the events to invade Iraq and Afghanistan, made domestic surveillance legal,… <a href="https://t.co/B8KzanklyR">pic.twitter.com/B8KzanklyR</a>— The Punisher (@PunishDem1776) <a href="https://twitter.com/PunishDem1776/status/1699181247870718216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 5, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div>Snowden turns the tideNSA whistleblower Edward Snowden shocked the world in June, 2013, with his release, from overseas, of hundreds of thousands of documents detailing the shocking extent of the US government's surveillance of its citizenry, as <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-23768248" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">summarized</a> by the BBC:<blockquote>6 June 2013: Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald reports the US National Security Agency (NSA) is collecting the telephone records of millions of Verizon customers under a top secret court order granting the government unlimited authority to obtain communications data for a three-month period.7 June: The Guardian and Washington Post report the NSA is accessing the systems of US internet giants including Google and Facebook, and collecting data under a previously undisclosed surveillance programme called Prism. The programme allows officials to collect material including emails, live chats and search histories. [Emphases added].</blockquote>Snowden also took on the government's claim that only criminals need Fourth Amendment protections:<blockquote>People who say they don’t care about privacy because they have got nothing to hide have not really thought too deeply about these issues, because what they are really saying is, “I do not care about this right.” When you say, “I don’t care about the right to privacy because I have nothing to hide,” that is no different than saying, “I don’t care about freedom of speech because I have nothing to say” or “freedom of the press because I have nothing to write.”</blockquote><div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">End the Patriot Act. End FISA 702. End the surveillance state. <a href="https://t.co/ucrbfdVZ7q">pic.twitter.com/ucrbfdVZ7q</a>— Libertarian Party (@LPNational) <a href="https://twitter.com/LPNational/status/1698824911538487739?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 4, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div><div class="raw-html-embed"><iframe width="853" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bpO3GeXTceM" title="Edward Snowden about Privacy" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>In great part due to public resistance that built up following Snowden's revelations, Republican Senator Rand Paul successfully blocked the renewal of the Patriot Act on June 1, 2015, the day of its expiration, with the assistance of two Democrat senators. Rand, though, was well aware that the government would not give up, expressly <a href="https://thenewamerican.com/us/politics/congress/rand-paul-blocks-renewal-of-patriot-act-s-expiring-powers-battle-continues/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">warning</a> that the victory "might be short lived," in a statement after the Senate recessed that day: “Tonight, we stopped the illegal NSA bulk-data collection. . . . This is a victory no matter how you look at it. It might be short lived.”A rose by any other nameThe block on the NSA's collection of Americans’ phone call records, in bulk, and other spying on citizens, was indeed short lived, as senators came back the very next day, June 2, 2015, to pass the USA Freedom Act, which reinstated major surveillance authorities that lapsed with the expiration of the Patriot Act the day before.<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Reminder that the Patriot Act is now USA Freedom Act <a href="https://t.co/KNi3KD6pdK">https://t.co/KNi3KD6pdK</a> <a href="https://t.co/bKQO0ae9A9">pic.twitter.com/bKQO0ae9A9</a>— Tim Jondis (@globalistcancer) <a href="https://twitter.com/globalistcancer/status/1240131458288750592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div>The reinstated powers included surveillance of so-called "lone wolves," people the government claims to are planning terrorism despite their failure to join or even link up with any terrorist groups, “roving wiretaps” where new phone numbers can be tapped with a warrant for a different number, and continued mass data collection.<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">Revised bill: * Has measures intended to address problems from IG's investigation into Carter Page surveillance * Reauthorizes until 12/2023 S215 “traditional business records provision,” roving wiretaps authority &amp; lone wolf amendment to FISA definition of agent of foreign power <a href="https://t.co/458Vt7veVj">pic.twitter.com/458Vt7veVj</a>— Center for Democracy &amp; Technology (@CenDemTech) <a href="https://twitter.com/CenDemTech/status/1238106560699740160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 12, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div>Trump blocksAfter attempts to reauthorize the USA Freedom Act failed, the surveillance law expired on March 15, 2020, and attempts to renew it were <a href="https://www.tomsguide.com/news/fisa-provisions-die-in-house" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">blocked</a> by President Donald Trump:<blockquote>But with President Donald Trump suddenly opposing the renewal bill and encouraging Republicans to oppose it, there were not enough votes to pass the legislation to restore warrantless access that began under Section 215 of the Patriot Act.</blockquote><div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">PRES. TRUMP helped stop renewal of the Patriot Act in May 2020, after Mitch McConnell attempted to extend its provisions via the USA Freedom Reauthorization Act. Bush's Patriot Act became law after 9-11-2001, giving intel agencies supreme surveillance powers over U.S. citizens. <a href="https://t.co/Vf1pBvhqVD">pic.twitter.com/Vf1pBvhqVD</a>— Mr. Cardinal Truth (@mrcardinaltruth) <a href="https://twitter.com/mrcardinaltruth/status/1520182286032916480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 29, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div>While the provisions of the Patriot Act and USA Freedom Act have now expired, it is not known how much of the mass surveillance revealed by Snowden secretly persists.Never waste a crisis or never waste a chance to create a crisis?While the passage of the Patriot Act led to charges that the government exploited the 9/11 crisis in order to pass the surveillance laws that Biden had already drafted, being sure not to “waste” the crisis in the language of Winston Churchill, others, like Greg Reese, claim that the crisis itself was created by government actors and not just exploited.<div class="raw-html-embed"><script>!function(r,u,m,b,l,e){r._Rumble=b,r[b]||(r[b]=function(){(r[b]._=r[b]._||[]).push(arguments);if(r[b]._.length==1){l=u.createElement(m),e=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0],l.async=1,l.src="https://rumble.com/embedJS/u4"+(arguments[1].video?'.'+arguments[1].video:'')+"/?url="+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+"&args="+encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify([].slice.apply(arguments))),e.parentNode.insertBefore(l,e)}})}(window, document, "script", "Rumble");</script>

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<h2>Move over book burning, hello de-platforming?</h2>Closed out of your Facebook or Instagram account? Maybe your website suddenly disappeared, or your YouTube channel was demonetized or deleted? Perhaps you lost access to thousands of hours of posts and videos you produced, and your years of work were gone in an instant? That's de-platforming; the modern version of book burning, a “punishment” for going against the mainstream narrative. And, the censorship doesn't stop with social media, it includes PayPal accounts and more.<h3>Getting up again</h3>How do individuals who went afoul of the globalists, who didn't keep quiet and let others do their thinking for them, respond when they find themselves de-platformed by social media companies and other services? Here's what London Real's Brian Rose, Americas Frontline Doctor founder Dr. Simone Gold, and independent researcher James Roguski did to pick themselves up and continue their work despite the heavy-handed censorship they experienced.Brian RoseWhen London Real YouTuber Brian Rose publicly began trying to understand COVID-19 and its countermeasures, he soon found his entire life seemingly deleted from the internet by the social media giants.&nbsp;Not only did he lose all his years of work, amounting to thousands of videos which he had uploaded to the internet. He also lost access to his Paypal account, and more, because in his search for the truth about the pandemic; his counter-narrative interviews with David Icke were too dangerous for the globalists to allow. &nbsp;In his below documentary, Rose&nbsp;recounts his experiences and how he ultimately started a channel of his own. He explains that he was wholly unprepared for what happened on May 3, 2020, even though he knew that many would want to stop the interview (@about 3:36):<blockquote>Over the past few weeks, our entire world has been transformed. Everything we took for granted has now been taken away and our freedoms have been replaced with fear. All those rights we fought centuries for have been handed over without a second thought.&nbsp;We all process fear in different ways. I cope by immersing myself in my work and today my job is to ask questions. One million people will be watching and they all want answers.&nbsp;Countless others are trying to stop this from happening. At any moment they can walk through that door or lock this broadcast. I'm scared but I don't know what else to do. I prepared my whole life for a moment like This. But nothing would prepare me for what happened next. . .</blockquote>&nbsp;<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">WATCH THE MOVIE THAT YouTube DOES NOT Want YOU TO SEE (and SHARE IT Far And Wide ) <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LondonReal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LondonReal</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WeWillNotBeSilenced?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WeWillNotBeSilenced</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StopCensorship?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#StopCensorship</a> <a href="https://t.co/txcVpjPDWz">https://t.co/txcVpjPDWz</a>— Brian Rose, Founder &amp; Host of London Real (@LondonRealTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/LondonRealTV/status/1796285778517221575?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 30, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>&nbsp;Dr. Simone GoldDr. Simone Gold, founder of <a href="https://www.aflds.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">America's Frontline Doctors</a>, was one of the first doctors to understand that how she was being told to treat COVID patients wasn't normal. Very alarmed at what was taking place she, along with other doctors, held the “<a href="https://www.whitecoatsummit.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">White Coat Summit</a>” on July 27, 2020, as well as a press conference on the Supreme Court steps. As she tweeted below, the press conference went viral, garnering millions of views before Big Tech and Big Media took the video down.She concluded by explaining their purpose and the result:<blockquote>Our fight was to show America the propaganda vs the truth, and then we were censored.</blockquote>&nbsp;<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Our press conference in front of the Supreme Court on July 27th, 2020 was a turning point in the fight against COVID Tyranny. After 20 million views in 8 hours, Big Tech colluded to wipe the video from online platforms. We knew in this moment that we would win the fight. <a href="https://t.co/9CP0Ogpnfp">pic.twitter.com/9CP0Ogpnfp</a>— Dr. Simone Gold (@drsimonegold) <a href="https://twitter.com/drsimonegold/status/1610416861723729921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>Dr. Gold continues to <a href="https://aflds.org/about-us" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">advance</a> the mission of America's Frontline Doctors, to protect medical freedom and civil liberties.'James RoguskiIndependent researcher James Roguski who, <a href="http://jamesroguski.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">according</a> to his website, has been calling out lies and propaganda for decades, found years of work gone when the company that hosted most of his websites terminated his account for what they said were “terms of service” violations. It did not deter him from continuing his work, either.<blockquote>They deleted many of my websites, but they ignited my passion to burn even brighter. I now have most of my work on Substack.&nbsp;</blockquote>Roguski is interested in building a holistic alternative to the WHO and <a href="https://jamesroguski.substack.com/about" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">recruits</a> others to join him.<blockquote>The old system is crumbling, and I intend to help speed its demise, but we must build its replacement quickly.If you are fed up with the government, hospital, medical, pharmaceutical, media, industrial complex and would like to help , then feel free to contact me directly anytime.</blockquote>&nbsp;The information contained in this article is for educational and information purposes only and is not intended as health, medical, financial or legal advice. Always consult a physician, lawyer or other qualified professional regarding any questions you may have about a medical condition, health objectives, or legal issues.&nbsp;Related articles:<ul><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/covid-sceptics-won-out-globalists-fear-an-increasingly-disbelieving-public" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">'COVID skeptics won out' — Globalists fear an increasingly disbelieving public</a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/colorado-governor-signs-off-on-bill-establishing-state-ministry-of-truth-students-atarget-of-new-law">Colorado governor signs off on bill establishing state 'ministry of truth'? Students a target of new law</a></li></ul>

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A British vigilante group known as the “Blade Runners” is receiving widespread support from British taxpayers as it continues to destroy climate surveillance cameras across London.<h2>The ULEZ mandate</h2>By order of London Mayor Sadiq Khan, the city is peppered with ultra-low emission zones (ULEZs), areas accessible only to low-emission vehicles. Cars that do not meet the city’s environmental standards are charged £12.50 ($16) for entering the ULEZ. Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras positioned around the zones read license plates and check them against the vehicles’ make and model in real time. If a vehicle does not meet the environmental threshold, a fine is levied against the car owner.&nbsp;The ULEZ climate mandate has drawn heavy&nbsp;<a href="https://frontline.news/post/london-hundreds-protest-against-climate-mandates">protests</a> from residents, including&nbsp;<a href="https://frontline.news/post/british-veteran-launches-hunger-strike-as-unrest-grows-over-climate-mandates">hunger strikes</a> and refusals to pay fines. Taxpayers have also taken to disabling the ANPR surveillance cameras which Transport for London (TfL), the city’s transportation department, said will be used both for climate and law enforcement.<h2>Taxpayers cheer the ‘Blade Runners’</h2>Since the climate restrictions were expanded last year, the Blade Runners have taken to disabling and destroying hundreds of cameras. Between April and September 2023, Metropolitan Police recorded 200 reports of cameras being stolen and 595 reports of cameras being vandalized.TfL began placing black boxes around ULEZ camera wirings to protect them from being cut, but taxpayers found other ways to disable the cameras — like removing them completely.<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"> MUST SEE: Blade Runners topple THREE ULEZ cameras in a coordinated strike… The people are fighting back! <a href="https://t.co/Yvr2Xr7Lun">pic.twitter.com/Yvr2Xr7Lun</a>— David Morgan #StayFree (@david_r_morgan) <a href="https://twitter.com/david_r_morgan/status/1802726912050995623?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>In response, the city&nbsp;<a href="https://frontline.news/post/london-taxpayers-attack-surveillance-vans-in-continued-revolt">deployed</a> mobile surveillance vans mounted with ANPR cameras across London in the hopes of evading attacks, but Blade Runners soon began targeting those as well. Some surveillance vans have been spotted covered in graffiti with their tires slashed, while others have been completely covered in tarp.Last month, 21 cameras were destroyed in the hours after Sadiq Khan was re-elected mayor of London, the&nbsp;Daily Mail&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13538797/Moment-Blade-Runner-uses-power-tool-cut-ULEZ-camera-traffic-light-latest-attack-Sadiq-Khans-hated-scheme.html">reported</a>. Last weekend, Blade Runners used power tools to topple a ULEZ camera and traffic lights to the delight of some fellow taxpayers. In a video that was posted to social media, passing cars can be heard honking in support.The video received over 37,000 likes. Comments on the post were largely supportive, with users writing that, “When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty,” and “Fair play to them, it's a complete scam that does nothing.”Blade Runner Matt Hardy told the&nbsp;Daily Mail&nbsp;that the Blade Runners are “people pissed off about the tyranny reigning over us and getting out and doing things about it – real votes, real boys here.”<h2>‘These cameras are not about the climate. They are about control’</h2>British actor and influencer Laurence Fox said this week he was just given back his electronic devices by police after being arrested earlier this year for cheering on the Blade Runners:<blockquote>These cameras are not about the climate. They are about control. They are the primary infrastructure for all sorts of things that ideologues like the midget dictator [Sadiq Khan] would like to impose upon us.I can now finally say the word ‘Bladerunners’ again. One of the ridiculous restrictions on free speech imposed by the police.It’s a dreadful shame to see so many of these cameras dying suddenly. I’m not at all thrilled about it. Just because I am smiling like a Cheshire Cat, it doesn’t mean that I am over the moon that these scameras continue to topple in high winds.&nbsp;Vive la résistance!</blockquote><div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">POLICE UPDATE Following 6 coppers bursting into my house earlier this year to arrest me for saying how pleased I was that the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ULEZ?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ULEZ</a> scam was meeting such robust resistance, this morning the <a href="https://twitter.com/metpoliceuk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@metpoliceuk</a> were ordered by the magistrate to hand back all my devices, including my…— Laurence Fox (@LozzaFox) <a href="https://twitter.com/LozzaFox/status/1803030521095622912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> &nbsp;

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Fisker is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the electric vehicle (EV) company announced Tuesday.<h2>‘Like other companies in the electric vehicle industry’</h2>“Fisker has made incredible progress since our founding, bringing the Ocean SUV to market twice as fast as expected in the auto industry and making good on our promises to deliver the most sustainable vehicle in the world,” a spokesperson <a href="https://assets.ctfassets.net/cghen8gr8e1n/6W19OiEBJDVIFVEmo4feHA/df902c5cb2b067251a300efb0b35f611/Fisker-Filing-FINAL.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">said</a>.The California-based company added it is not the only EV maker that has been struggling to stay in business.“We are proud of our achievements, and we have put thousands of Fisker Ocean SUVs in customers’ hands in both North American [sic] and Europe. But like other companies in the electric vehicle industry, we have faced various market and macroeconomic headwinds that have impacted our ability to operate efficiently. After evaluating all options for our business, we determined that proceeding with a sale of our assets under Chapter 11 is the most viable path forward for the company.”Fisker’s collapse is the latest indication that the EV industry is folding due to sinking demand. Other EV industry players are also cutting their losses as they jump ship.<h2>Hertz</h2>In March, Hertz CEO Stephen Scherr&nbsp;<a href="https://www.motorfinanceonline.com/news/hertz-ceo-resigns-amid-ev-investment-setback/#:~:text=Scherr's%20departure%20coincides%20with%20Hertz's,electric%20vehicle%20(EV)%20rentals">resigned</a> after his bet on EVs cost the car rental giant its biggest quarterly loss since 2020. Hertz had been praised by the Biden administration for its ambition to convert 25% of its fleet to EVs by the end of this year. In January, however, the company announced it would instead be selling its 20,000 EVs — including Teslas — at heavily discounted prices and replacing them with gas-powered cars.<h2>Mercedes-Benz</h2>Mercedes-Benz also recently had to give up its ambition to only sell electric cars by 2030. Instead, EVs are expected to make up only 50% of the German carmaker’s sales over the next decade.<h2>Apple</h2>In February, Apple abandoned its multi-billion dollar effort to create an electric car. Despite being a decade in the works and employing 2,000 people, Project Titan was axed due to falling consumer demand.<h2>Aston Martin</h2>A lack of consumer demand is also partly to blame for Aston Martin&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13138123/Aston-Martin-puts-brakes-new-electric-supercar-2026-bosses-say-drivers-want-engines-throaty-roar.html">placing</a> its battery-operated “supercar” on hold until 2026.“Demand, certainly at an Aston Martin price point, is not what we thought it was going to be two years ago,” said Aston Martin Executive Chairman Lawrence Stroll.&nbsp;<h2>Ford</h2>In December, Ford slashed production of its flagship EV at its assembly plant in Dearborn, Michigan by half. The automaker cut the monthly production quote for the all-electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck from 3,200 units to 1,600 units per month.<h2>Biden administration continues to force EV production</h2>Nevertheless, the Biden administration in March issued new climate mandates aimed at forcing more EV production. The new rules from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) contain tight emissions standards that will&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/epa-electric-vehicles-emissions-limits-climate-biden-e6d581324af51294048df24269b5d20a">require</a> 56% of new vehicle sales to be fully electric by 2032, with an additional 13% required to be hybrids.

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For the last two years, British authorities have been testing AI-powered emotion recognition cameras on travelers in train stations, according to recently disclosed documents.<h2>What can the cameras see?</h2>In each of eight train stations around the UK, five to seven cameras or sensors scan the passing crowds. Using AI software from Amazon, the cameras use object recognition algorithms to spot criminal activity, trespassing, weapons, wet floors, overcrowding, and overstuffed trash cans.&nbsp;They can also alert authorities when passengers engage in “unusual behavior,” such as shouting, running, smoking, or skateboarding.&nbsp;A combination of existing cameras and newly installed smart cameras are being used for the surveillance project. All are equipped with Amazon’s Rekognition surveillance system.<h2>Emotional recognition</h2>Through a combination of facial and behavioral analyses, the Rekognition software allows officials to also <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-ai-cameras-emotions-uk-train-passengers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">analyze visitors’ emotions</a>. Internal documents note that the cameras can detect whether a passenger is “happy, sad [or] angry.” They can also recognize passenger satisfaction, which “could be utilized to maximum advertising and retail revenue.”<h2>Anti-social behavior</h2>Authorities can also detect passengers who exhibit “anti-social behaviour,” which&nbsp;<a href="https://www.met.police.uk/advice/advice-and-information/asb/asb/antisocial-behaviour/what-is-antisocial-behaviour/">according</a> to London’s Metropolitan Police Service means “behaviour by a person which causes, or is likely to cause, harassment, alarm or distress to persons not of the same household as the person.”<h2>Social distancing, face masks, and demographics</h2>Other&nbsp;<a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24757655-usecases_dpas_review_managed_stations?responsive=1&amp;title=1">use cases</a> for the surveillance cameras include detecting whether passengers are keeping to social distancing rules and wearing face masks. The cameras can also scan for demographics by identifying people’s age profiles and “socio-economic classification,” which the documents note can create “revenue opportunities for better targeted advertising and product placement.”<h2>‘Quite a concerning step’</h2>The documents were obtained by Big Brother Watch, a civil rights and government watchdog group, in response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request. Network Rail, a body within the Department of Transportation which manages most of the country’s train network, has been overseeing the surveillance project.&nbsp;“The rollout and normalization of AI surveillance in these public spaces, without much consultation and conversation, is quite a concerning step,” Jake Hurfurt, head of research and investigations at Big Brother Watch,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-ai-cameras-emotions-uk-train-passengers/">told</a> Wired.As of now, the surveillance systems do not use facial recognition technology, which analyzes faces and matches them against facial images stored in certain databases.

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