Reprinted by permission from Rodef Shalom 613. &nbsp;<a href="https://frontline.news/post/beholden-to-china-who-director-general-tedros-adhanom-ghebreyesus-part-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Part 1</a> focuses on China's garnering support for Tedros to become the director-general of the WHO. <a href="https://frontline.news/post/beholden-to-china-who-director-general-tedros-adhanom-ghebreyesus-part-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Part 2</a> focuses on his relationship with Bill Gates who was also influential in helping him obtain the post.&nbsp; Part 3 focuses on yet another “friend” with ties to China and the WHO.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.rodefshalom613.org/2020/12/how-a-terrorist-became-head-of-the-world-health-organization/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">How Tedros Ghebreyesus Became Head of the World Health Organization</a><h2>Tedros and Bill Clinton</h2>In January 2006, Tedros, as Health Minister of Ethiopia, signed an agreement with the Clinton Foundation to expand their HIV/AIDS partnership.<blockquote>“The support from Clinton Foundation is coming at a time when we are scaling up our fight against HIV/AIDS very aggressively in all three fronts: prevention, treatment and care and support,” said Dr. Tedros Adhanom, the Minister of Health of Ethiopia. “The agreement with the Clinton Foundation is also unique in that it includes capacity building of the health system which is very crucial in sustaining the fight as indicated in our strategic plan. I would like to use this opportunity to thank President Clinton for his commitment to fight HIV/AIDS. ”Ethiopia has been a member of the Clinton Foundation procurement consortium since August 2004. The procurement consortium comprises over 50 countries in the developing world with access to the Clinton Foundation’s reduced prices for anti-retroviral drugs and diagnostic testing supplies. Ethiopia is the sixth African country in which the Clinton Foundation will have a permanent team[fn]"Press Release: Clinton Foundation And Ethiopia Sign Agreement To Expand HIV/AIDS Partnership", Clinton Foundation, 2020, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211020222105/https://www.clintonfoundation.org/main/news-and-media/press-releases-and-statements/press-release-clinton-foundation-and-ethiopia-sign-agreement-to-expand-hiv-aids.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://web.archive.org/web/20211020222105/https://www.clintonfoundation.org/main/news-and-media/press-releases-and-statements/press-release-clinton-foundation-and-ethiopia-sign-agreement-to-expand-hiv-aids.html</a> [/fn].</blockquote>In 2007, while Tedros was Health Minister of Ethiopia, the Clinton Foundation received a $100,000,000 commitment from the Lundin Group for its Clinton Guistra Sustainable Growth Initiative. The Lundin Group makes its money from “blood minerals,” minerals allegedly mined in war zones or sold as commodities to help finance political insurrections or warlords.&nbsp; Among the countries in which the Lundin Group cut deals with warlords is Ethiopia[fn]Apelbaum, Yaacov. “Ethiopia Clinton Foundation Got 100m-From-Blood Minerals Firm”, <a href="https://www.yaacovapelbaum.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ethiopia-clinton-foundation-got-100m-from-blood-minerals-firm.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.yaacovapelbaum.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ethiopia-clinton-foundation-got-100m-from-blood-minerals-firm.jpg</a> &nbsp;[/fn]. Apelbaum, of The Illustrated Primer,&nbsp;alleges that Tedros brokered the donation from the Lundin Group to the Clinton Foundation.[fn]"When Tedros Moves His Lips, Beijing Speaks". The Illustrated Primer, 2020, <a href="https://www.yaacovapelbaum.com/2020/03/23/when-tedros-moves-his-lips-beijing-speaks/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.yaacovapelbaum.com/2020/03/23/when-tedros-moves-his-lips-beijing-speaks/</a> [/fn]At the 2014 Opportunity: Africa Conference, Bill Clinton commended Tedros saying:<blockquote>“The Health Minister of Ethiopia, now the Foreign Minister, is one of the ablest public servants I've ever worked with. You would all be very comfortable if he became the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the United States. He's a really able man."[fn]DrTedros4WHO. ”Former President Bill Clinton commends Dr. Tedros during 2014 Opportunity: Africa conference", YouTube, 2014, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpELK8pCu8c" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpELK8pCu8c</a>[/fn]</blockquote>Tedros was also a speaker at the 2015 Clinton Foundation Global Initiative and a panelist in a conversation about advancing the status of women and girls over the next 20 years. This was in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the 1995 4th World Conference on Women in Beijing.<blockquote>Chelsea Clinton spoke with Chairman and CEO of Xerox Corporation Ursula Burns in a one-on-one conversation which preceded a panel featuring participants such as Executive Chairman of The Estée Lauder Companies William Lauder and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.[fn]Clinton Foundation, “CGI 2015 Annual Meeting Highlights”, Medium, 2018, <a href="https://stories.clintonfoundation.org/cgi-2015-annual-meeting-highlights-571ea41a1104" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://stories.clintonfoundation.org/cgi-2015-annual-meeting-highlights-571ea41a1104</a>[/fn]</blockquote><h2>The Clinton Foundation and the WHO</h2>In 2004, the Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative (CHAI) entered into an agreement with the WHO to<blockquote>. . . jointly provide technical assistance on scaling up national HIV/AIDS care and treatment programs to developing country Member States of WHO. . . .The agreement will also help accelerate the pace at which countries receiving funds from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and the World Bank can access CHAI-brokered agreements for reduced prices.“Because CHAI is a leader in negotiating breakthrough pricing for HIV/AIDS medicines and diagnostics, and WHO is the leading global authority in public health, our collaboration will significantly advance the goal of providing antiretroviral treatment to three million people by 2005,” said Ira Magaziner, Chairman of the Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative.[fn]Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative and World Health Organization partner to Help Scale-up Developing Country HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment Programs, Who Iint, 2004, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210920014532/https://www.who.int/3by5/mediacentre/releases/news25/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://web.archive.org/web/20210920014532/https://www.who.int/3by5/mediacentre/releases/news25/en/</a> [/fn]</blockquote><div class="raw-html-embed"><iframe width="512" height="330" src="https://www.c-span.org/video/standalone/?c4870559/user-clip-clinton-foundation-acting-agent" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0"></iframe></div>This arrangement was illegal as explained by Mr. Doyle, a Clinton Foundation whistleblower, in the above video clip and in this <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200502105935/https://twitter.com/LWDoyleUSA/status/1252919449776160769" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">archived video</a>; a US non-profit may not act as a broker for a foreign government or foreign company. The Foundation was not held accountable.[fn]Hoft, Joe. “The Clinton Foundation and the WHO Formed An Agreement Which Was Against US Tax Law and Should Have Cost the Foundation its Tax-Exempt Status”, The Gateway Pundit, 2020, <a href="https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/04/clinton-foundation-formed-agreement-us-tax-law-cost-foundation-tax-exempt-status/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/04/clinton-foundation-formed-agreement-us-tax-law-cost-foundation-tax-exempt-status/</a>[/fn]<h2>The Clintons and China</h2>The Clintons have a decades-long history of business and political relationships with Chinese individuals. The DNC illegally received donations from China while Bill was in the White House. Although these donations were returned, the offense was an impeachable one:<blockquote>Chinagate, more than any other scandal, should have led to the impeachment, and removal, of Bill Clinton from office. At least six individuals were believed to have been used by the Chinese to influence the 1996 elections. Despite the fact that the illegal donations were returned, Janet Reno was criticized for never appointing an independent prosecutor for the Chinagate scandal.. . .Bill and Hillary Clinton continued this pattern of getting foreign donations from unethical businessmen with the Clinton Foundation.[fn]Zapesochny, Robert et al. “Chinagate And The Clintons”, The American Spectator, 2016, <a href="https://spectator.org/chinagate-and-the-clintons/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://spectator.org/chinagate-and-the-clintons/</a>[/fn]</blockquote>The Clintons help legitimize Communist ChinaUnder Vice President Bush, China, previously ousted from the global economy, received observer status at the &nbsp;General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the predecessor to the World Trade Organization. However, it was only after Clinton normalized trade relations between the US and China in 2000, that China was enabled to become a founding member of the World Trade Organization in 2001.Not only did this result in millions of US jobs lost to China, it also paved the way for “the legitimizing of the brutal and corrupt Communist Chinese government."[fn]Rivera, Julio,&nbsp;”The Bushes, the Clintons, China. . . and Trump", American Thinker, 2020,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/09/the_bushes_the_clintons_china_and_trump.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/09/the_bushes_the_clintons_china_and_trump.html</a>[/fn]<h2>Conclusion</h2>We can now see how the personal and political interests of an American millionaire and billionaire and the Chinese Communist Party have enabled [Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus] to become the Director-General of the WHO.Why Gates, Clinton, and China were allowed to gain so much unfettered power is a question we should all be asking.– End of reprint –&nbsp;In the introduction to this series, Frontline News pointed to the WHO's Global Pandemic Treaty — the agency's quest to gain global and unilateral control over pandemics — when to declare them, in which countries, and what measures are to be taken. Failure to follow WHO directives would lead to punishment.&nbsp;President Trump may have been correct to pull US funding from the WHO and the US out of the organization.[fn]Quinn, Melissa. "Trump Moves To Officially Withdraw U.S. From World Health Organization". CBS News, 2020, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-who-world-health-organization-us-notice-of-withdrawal/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-who-world-health-organization-us-notice-of-withdrawal/</a> [/fn] President Biden has had the US rejoin the WHO, resumed funding it, and is planning on signing the treaty, even while many Americans — and citizens worldwide — object to giving away their national sovereignty and health freedom to an organization, especially one as corrupt as the WHO. &nbsp;Sovereignty belongs to the citizens whose elected officials (should ideally) answer to them. Don't sit idly by while bad actors take control of your freedom. Learn more about the treaty and what you can do to voice your objections to your country's signing on to the WHO Pandemic Treaty:<ul><li><a href="https://www.actforamerica.org/act-now/exitwho" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Defund and Exit the WHO!</a></li><li><a href="https://preventgenocide2030.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Prevent Genocide 2030</a></li><li><a href="https://standforhealthfreedom.com/action/exit-who/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Stand for health freedom</a></li><li><a href="https://worldcouncilforhealth.org/multimedia/james-roguski-exit-the-who/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">World council for health</a></li><li><a href="https://rumble.com/v20vnfn-dr.-rima-laibow-the-who-treaty-and-catastrophic-contagion-this-is-our-last-.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Dr. Rima Laibow - The WHO Treaty &amp; Catastrophic Contagion - This is Our Last Chance</a></li><li><a href="https://neveragainisnowglobal.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Never Again is Now Global</a></li></ul>Related articles&nbsp;<ul><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/senate-rejects-requirement-it-ratify-who-pandemic-treatyd" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Senate won't force Biden to bring WHO Pandemic Treaty to vote</a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/eu-citizens-unite-to-combat-who-pandemic-treaty" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">EU citizens unite to combat WHO Pandemic Treaty</a></li></ul>

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China ties made him #1 at WHO

Beholden to China . . .  WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus - Part 3

<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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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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