A resurfaced video circulating on social media shows Canadian actress Jennifer Gibson saying she would get the COVID-19 injection again even after admitting it caused her Bell’s palsy.&nbsp;The video, taken last year and posted to Gibson’s <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jengibpics/">Instagram account</a>, garnered nearly three million views last week after being posted to Twitter.&nbsp;“Well this is not a video I want to make, and it’s kinda hard to make, because, as I’m watching myself I see what I’m gonna say, which is I have been diagnosed with Bell’s palsy, which is paralysis on one side of the face,” Gibson said in a now viral video.&nbsp;“So, I got it about two weeks after getting my vaccine, and I had a rough go with the vaccine — and I guess still am — but I have to say that I would do it again, because it’s what we have to do to see people,” said the Suits actress with tears streaming down her face.&nbsp;“So, um...I don’t know why I’m making this video, but here’s my weird smile,” she concluded, smiling with one side of her face.&nbsp;<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Canadian actress Jennifer Gibson. <a href="https://t.co/4FsC5ndfAp">pic.twitter.com/4FsC5ndfAp</a>— D. Scott @eclipsethis2003 (@eclipsethis2003) <a href="https://twitter.com/eclipsethis2003/status/1575531616469798912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>Gibson says her “symptoms got worse” after posting the video.&nbsp;“I was considered a severe case, and I am almost back to ‘normal’. (Whatever that is…) I didn’t see any improvement for about a month and I got really discouraged, so I hope this can help someone. #bellspalsy #recovery,” she added in a caption accompanying the clip.&nbsp;Bell’s palsy is a known adverse reaction to the Pfizer shot, with even Pfizer ordering extra research in its <a href="https://phmpt.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/5.3.6-postmarketing-experience.pdf">post-marketing report</a>&nbsp;to study the “increased risk". While <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8367195/">studies</a> have concluded that the injection may cause Bell’s palsy, they conclude that the benefit of the shot outweighs the risk of partial facial paralysis.&nbsp;It is unclear whether Gibson’s pledge that she “would do it again” was said out of surrender to the authorities so she could “see people,” or if she said it out of a sense of duty borne from mass psychosis.&nbsp;Either way, Gibson’s admission that the vaccine caused a serious adverse event was a rarity last year, at a time when governments, media outlets and social media platforms promised the injections were “safe and effective”.&nbsp;But as 2022 reaches its dénouement, more tales of regret are beginning to come to light.&nbsp;America’s Frontline News <a href="https://americasfrontlinenews.com/post/do-vaccinated-regret-injections">reported</a> last month on a tweet from journalist Alex Berenson posing two questions to Twitter users about a topic seldom discussed: regret over the COVID-19 injections by those who believed in them.&nbsp;“Maybe unanswerable question: How much quiet mRNA regret is out there?” the author wrote. “I don't mean in folks who never wanted to be jabbed and were forced, I mean those who did so willingly in early 2021. How many of those folks feel now badly fooled?&nbsp;&nbsp;“Second q: what will that regret mean?”&nbsp;&nbsp;While some users defiantly parroted that the COVID-19 injections are “responsible for the low hospitalizations and deaths” and “time to move on,” they were few and far between.&nbsp;&nbsp;Overwhelmingly and heartbreakingly, the regret rolled in:&nbsp;“Got 2 shots + 1 booster here. That booster gave me Bell's palsy for a month. I regret it, and the takeaway is that I will never take another vaccine that doesn't have decades of studies, and advocate the same to my loved ones.”&nbsp;“Tremendous regret. I took it to protect my vulnerable preemie with congenital heart disease when we were told it would stop transmission. I had debilitating joint pain and an inflammatory reaction that resulted in major surgery, from which I’m still recovering.”&nbsp;&nbsp;“Unbelievable regret. I got vaxxed to protect my vulnerable son after being promised it would stop the spread. I was in the ICU less than a month later, fighting for my life as my immune system attacked all of my organs. I've never been the same and I have no recourse.”&nbsp;&nbsp;“I volunteered for Pfizer clinical trials in 2020. I felt I was doing the right thing. No quiet regret - I tell everyone who will listen. I've had my heart start racing for no reason and only realize it when my Apple watch warns me.&nbsp; I've lost what little trust I had. Never again.”&nbsp;&nbsp;“The biggest regret I have is allowing my 15 yr old daughter to get jabbed because ‘everyone else was'.”&nbsp;“My brother was jabbed because he wanted to go to the gym and didn’t think much of it. Now he regrets it and is scared he’s going to die.”&nbsp;&nbsp;“A good friend of mine got the booster and has been sick with everything since January.&nbsp; She regrets it and thinks she has AIDS because of the shots.”&nbsp;&nbsp;“I'm sure my brother regrets taking three of them. He passed away after from an arrhythmia that caused instant cardiac arrest. His heart was 100% fine before taking P F I Z E R!”&nbsp;&nbsp;“I took the first [AstraZeneca shot] in [sic] March 21, (altho puzzled that the top priority groups 1-4 had been expanded down to group 9, the healthy over 50s), because I didn’t want poor uptake to justify delaying lifting restrictions. Feel utterly duped, all trust in all institutions is gone.”&nbsp;&nbsp;“I’ve never vaxxed, never been tested and never been sick. My 55yo sister, however, was happy about the vaccine and received 2 initial doses plus the booster. This was her saddle pulmonary embolism in June 22. Now she’s on Eliquis to prevent recurrence,” wrote one user above a photo of what appears to be a piece of lung.&nbsp;“My good friend is a teacher at a private middle school that required all the students get jabbed. Yesterday she let it slip that ‘all the students are so sickly right now.’ She forgot she was talking to me (unjabbed) and I could tell she doesn't want me to know what is happening.”&nbsp;&nbsp;“I regret it knowing what I know now, this means for me even less trust in pharma and government.”&nbsp;&nbsp;“Everyone I know who got jabbed told me they would not get another one. I had a close friend tell me he got his booster on May 18. The next day he collapsed at work clutching his chest. He went into a coma and passed away exactly one week later on the 25th.”&nbsp;&nbsp;“My daughter regrets it big time and she’s terrified of the consequences. A young friend of ours ended up with pulmonary embolism in both lungs and nearly died last week. She’s afraid of it happening to her. She’s had multiple issues since getting it.”&nbsp;&nbsp;“Quiet regretter over here: Took the jab in spring 2021 trusting the FDA/CDC, and wanting my ✅ for leisure and travels. When the trials were published I started to seriously regret it. Regrets only grew bigger as time past as the vax were shown not only useless but also dangerous.”&nbsp;&nbsp;“I took it in early 2021 as a provider with numerous exposures and wanting to encourage public vax uptake at the time. By March I saw vaxxed folks infecting others and realized it's pretty worthless. And my state doubled down, ultimately implementing vaxports last winter.”&nbsp;&nbsp;“I received the vaccine in February of 2021 and regretted it by July 2021. My trust in the health care industry is completely broken. So much so that I will not receive another Flu vaccine and am going to be very careful with the treatment I let my daughters receive.”&nbsp;&nbsp;“Took one for the team, modeRNA, four months later my heart muscle went wonky, irregular beats, sky high blood pressure, etc, and I had to go on medication, something I vowed never to do. I was angry at myself for a year, since my instincts were howling for me to not do it. ????.”&nbsp;&nbsp;“Regretted it the same day I took it. My health has never been the same, I was banned from going in person to almost everything for a year bc I wasn’t fully vaxxed, have had to fight for acknowledgment and medical treatment, and have been censored for just speaking my story.”&nbsp;&nbsp;“Should have trusted my gut and not fallen to the pressure.&nbsp; 17 months later and still trying to&nbsp;&nbsp; walk normal again.&nbsp;&nbsp; Lord forgive me for I had taken the devils bait.&nbsp; I want my life back.”&nbsp;&nbsp;“I regretted it a day or so after the second shot.&nbsp; Had major swelling, joint problems, and ringing ears for a few months after.&nbsp; Regret means I never had and will not have a booster. had Covid this year twice, not nearly as bad as the second shot (personal experience obviously).”&nbsp;&nbsp;“My in laws regret it terribly. My mother in law is now bald. Her hair started falling out in clumps exactly 90 days after her last jab. She was extremely healthy before. The doctors have no explanation for the cause but she has zero doubt it was the vaccine.”&nbsp;&nbsp;“At the time I was a carer and had 3 jabs&nbsp; even though I have autoimmune disease and was worried, now I'm off work due to an increase of symptoms, I will not be going back.nearly 30 yrs caring gone.”&nbsp;&nbsp;“I was jabbed one time in December. I have chest pain and pressure, palpitations, breathing irregularities, fatigue, depression, panic attacks, and more since then. Safe to say I highly regret it.”&nbsp;&nbsp;“All of my family members regret it. Some have had serious adverse reactions including blood clots, chest pains, severe gastro issues, thyroid dysfunction, bleeding eyes. None got the booster. All eventually got Covid, though. My instincts screamed ‘hell no’ &amp; I remain unjabbed.”&nbsp;&nbsp;“I didn’t have regret until my 22yo son came home from working out with chest pains. No doctor would see him in person, and the one who did talk to him told him it was nothing. Then his girlfriends period got so messed up for months. I worry if they will be able to have kids?”&nbsp;&nbsp;“I got jabbed just so that I could travel freely for my job.&nbsp; Without it I would have spent half of 21 in quarantine.&nbsp; Now I wonder what it is going to do to me and if it was responsible for some of the med problems I have been having. I'll probably never know.”&nbsp;

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'I have to say that I would do it again'

Actress who developed vaccine-induced Bell’s palsy ‘would do it again’

<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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How three individuals got up again after being de-platformed

Who's afraid of Big Bad Tech? 

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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Climate Change

‘Pissed off about the tyranny reigning over us’

British taxpayers cheer vigilante group destroying climate cams

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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Biden administration continues to force EV production

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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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