Childhood shotsA viral meme entitled, “This is why your doctor gets aggressive,” claims that doctors receive $400 kickbacks from insurance companies for each baby they fully vaccinate, but stand to lose the entire bonus if the percentage of parents refusing to fully vaccinate their babies exceeds 37%. In this scenario, parents who want to delay or avoid childhood vaccinations are not seen as merely causing doctors to lose a potential $400, but as imperiling their chance to make tens of thousands of dollars should they miss their quota.<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">This is why your doctor gets aggressive... <a href="https://t.co/Rlqy3wcXTr">pic.twitter.com/Rlqy3wcXTr</a>— Marjolein (@Marjo82325748) <a href="https://twitter.com/Marjo82325748/status/1581558471467507713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div>39 doses by 2nd birthdayThe incentive for “fully vaccinating” children by 24 months of age is difficult to earn as the current CDC schedule calls for 29 vaccinations by then, as seen in this <a href="https://www.healthpartners.com/blog/childhood-immunization-schedule-by-age/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">chart</a> from the health care organization HealthPartners:&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/aflds/image/upload/v1700677576/image_01dd98799d.png"></figure>Of those 29 jabs, five are DTap and MMR multiple vaccine shots, bringing the actual total number of vaccines scheduled in the first two years to 39. Healthcare workers offer multiple “make up shots” at one time, though, to get babies “caught up.” This way, even children who miss many of their vaccination appointments are caught up by their second birthday.Fake?The AP <a href="https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-insurance-payouts-vaccines-345246681418" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">attacked</a> the claim that doctors receive $400 bonuses reaching some $40,000 per year, for getting those 39 vaccines into a baby on time. Yet, while determining the claim to be “false,” they clarify that their objection is just that it's not one price scheme for the entire nation.&nbsp;<blockquote>CLAIM: Blue Cross Blue Shield pays doctors a $40,000 bonus for administering childhood immunizations to at least 100 patients under 2 years old and an $80,000 bonus for vaccinating 200 children.AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. Blue Cross Blue Shield Association is a national federation of more than three dozen locally operated companies, and doesn’t offer such an incentive across the board . . . &nbsp;[Emphases added].</blockquote>The AP went on to say that the $400 bonus and 63% benchmark are in fact the exact figures for the incentives offered in Michigan.<blockquote>The document that blog post referred to was a 2016 edition of a Performance Recognition Program specifically for the Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Care Network of Michigan. In a table titled “Quality Incentive Measures,” the program lays out that doctors who meet 63% of their plan goal for childhood immunizations receive a $400 payout. [Emphasis added].</blockquote>The only real correction offered by the AP was that the doctors were not as successful as assumed in getting all those shots in the babies' arms. The payouts in 2016, in Michigan, topped out at $9,600. At $400 each, that translates to just 24 fully vaccinated babies.COVID jabsDr. Robert Malone, an inventor of mRNA vaccine technology, <a href="https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/vaccine-provider-incentive-program?publication_id=583200&amp;post_id=136027271&amp;isFreemail=false" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">revealed</a> a similar, but even more rewarding, incentive program that was quietly provided to physicians to push mRNA injections. The program provides physicians with some $380,000 annually based on an average of 1,800 unique patient visits per year per medical practice.&nbsp;This scheme uses an even higher vaccination rate than the childhood vaccine program. To receive the full bonus, 75% of patients at a practice must receive a minimum of one dose. Doctors may, however, receive a partial annual payment of some $75,000 that is not subject to a minimum overall vaccination rate. In this way, even doctors who realize that they are not likely to meet the 75% requirement are incentivized to continue pushing the mRNA injections throughout the year.Dr. Malone listed the average amounts he expects to be earned according to each of the payment schemes:<ul><li>$75,000 for payments per dose with no minimum vaccination rate</li><li>$168,750 for payments per dose when meeting the target vaccination rate</li><li>$138,375 for payments for new patients when meeting the target vaccination rate</li></ul><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/aflds/image/upload/v1700666958/ec3dbfc1_7848_4eec_9adc_01670c94e664_1894x804_47c01a22e5.webp"></figure>Fake?Before Dr. Malone published his article, USA Today <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/02/18/fact-check-blue-cross-blue-shield-rewards-based-several-measures/9283394002/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">challenged</a> the claim that physicians receive bonuses for administering COVID jabs. Even as they cast doubt on the claim, though, they admitted that it's true, and simply noted that vaccinations are not the only thing for which doctors are given bonuses:&nbsp;<blockquote>In an attempt to cast doubt on the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines, some online users are claiming pediatricians are paid a bonus by Blue Cross Blue Shield based on the percentage of patients they vaccinate. . . .<h2>Our rating: Missing context</h2>Based on our research, we rate MISSING CONTEXT&nbsp;the claim that Blue Cross Blue Shield pays doctors bonuses based on the number of patients vaccinated. Providers receive bonuses for overall performance and service, which can include vaccinations. [Emphases added].</blockquote>ProofTo remove any doubt, Dr. Malone provided a <a href="https://providers.anthem.com/docs/gpp/KY_CAID_PU_Age5COVID19Vaccine6Months.pdf?v=202207251849" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">link</a> to a webpage of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicaid (Anthem), in Kentucky, documenting a payment of $50 per vaccination throughout 2021 and 2022 in that state, as seen in this screenshot:&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/aflds/image/upload/v1700670539/image_cb28d6ac55.png"></figure>Dr. Malone says that this $50 payment is not contingent on a minimum vaccination rate for the overall practice and that the payment is per dose, meaning that each patient could earn $200 or more for their physician.&nbsp;Additional payments are calculated on a graduated scale beginning with a benchmark vaccination rate of 30% which brings the per dose payment up from $50 to $70. At the highest vaccination rate, 75%, the $50 payment becomes $175. &nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/aflds/image/upload/v1700671582/image_b8dc12f71e.png"></figure>First-timers worth moreYet another incentive is offered for each “newly vaccinated” person, topping off at an additional $250 per patient, meaning that with a 75% vaccination rate, each person getting their first, second and third shots would earn the doctor $175 for each of the three doses plus an additional $250 for a total of $775.<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/aflds/image/upload/v1700671677/image_225843904c.png"></figure>Verdict: TrueThe claim that doctors receive bonus payments from insurance companies on a per baby or per person basis and that some of the payments are subject to a minimum vaccination rate for the children in their practice is true. Those posting these facts are not privy to actual payment amounts and some have overestimated the total annual payments to the physicians, but the per person amounts offered and the benchmark vaccination rates are accurate in at least some states.Whose money?It is normally in the interest of health insurance companies to have doctors prescribe less drugs and vaccinations, not more, as they must pay some or all of the costs of those drugs. Why then do they incentivize doctors to administer more vaccinations?&nbsp;The only way insurance companies could profit from more vaccinations would be if the government reimbursed them more than the combined costs to the insurance companies of purchasing the vaccinations and paying the bonuses. Dr. Malone confirms that this is exactly the case with COVID vaccines, as the money, which originates with the federal government, covers the costs of the vaccinations, the physicians' bonuses and the profit of the insurance companies. It is, therefore, tax dollars that are being passed from the government to the insurance companies to the doctors:<blockquote>The government paid insurance companies, who then would reimburse providers. The amount of money for this program is staggering, although the government has not made the individual distribution amounts of insurance companies, pharmacies, etc. public. Most likely, it will take a FOIA request to obtain specific information . . .</blockquote>At a per dose <a href="https://www.goodrx.com/conditions/covid-19/how-much-will-the-coronavirus-covid-19-vaccine-cost" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">cost</a> of $115 for the Pfizer mRNA injection, three doses would cost an insurance company $345. Adding to that the potential $775 in bonuses that a doctor could earn for administering three doses to a person, as listed above, the total cost to the insurance company for that patient's COVID shots would be $1,120. The insurance company, therefore, only begins profiting from the COVID shots, for a person getting their first three shots, when the government offers more than $1,120. As Dr. Malone wrote, we may have to wait for a response to an FOIA request to find out how much more than $1,120 the government gave.Which side is corrupt?One might expect that such monetary incentives would put doctors in the spot light for pushing drugs when they have a conflict of interest involving those very drugs. But those who resist mRNA vaccinations are often the ones accused of being in it for the money.The Center for Countering Digital Hate, for example, claimed, "With the anti-vaxxers, they're in it for the dollars." That might come as a surprise to those who lost their jobs for speaking out against the jabs. One X user reposted the attack with the question, “Who needs a laugh?”<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> Who needs a laugh? Anti vaxers are "in it for the money" but let's ignore the conflicts of interest in rule makers, big pharma's profit off of pushing the vax while disregarding affordable and safe treatments.. <a href="https://t.co/SRkSfXq0sC">https://t.co/SRkSfXq0sC</a>— L'Belle FYMM (@Liannabelle88) <a href="https://twitter.com/Liannabelle88/status/1410627617955385352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div>See our previous COVID and NIH coverage:&nbsp;<blockquote><a href="https://aflds.org/news/post/inventing-the-aids-and-covid-viruses/">Inventing the AIDS and COVID viruses?</a><a href="https://frontline.news/post/tragedy-8-year-old-featured-in-covid-propaganda-video-dies-after-cardiac-arrest">Tragedy: 8-year-old featured in COVID propaganda video dies after cardiac arrest</a><a href="https://americasfrontlinenews.com/post/why-public-health-officials-like-to-resurrect-failed-drugs">Why Fauci resurrects failed drugs</a><a href="http://frontline.news/post/faucis-deadly-solution-to-a-harmless-virus-in-1987">Fauci’s deadly solution to a harmless virus … in 1987</a><a href="https://frontline.news/post/i-dont-want-to-be-a-good-german-german-born-researcher-turns-down-nih-bribe">‘I don’t want to be a good German’ - German-born researcher turns down NIH ‘bribe’</a><a href="https://americasfrontlinenews.com/post/brazen-bribery-offer-by-nih-officials-open-the-doors-for-reentry-to-establishment-meet-at-the-opera-sign-here">Brazen bribery offer by NIH officials?</a><a href="https://americasfrontlinenews.com/post/nihs-coordinated-coverup-of-hiv-scandal">NIH’s coordinated coverup of HIV scandal</a><a href="https://aflds.org/news/post/why-thousands-of-top-phds-mds-turned-on-fauci/">Why thousands of top PhDs, MDs turned on Fauci</a><a href="https://aflds.org/news/post/isolation-after-defunding-government-attacks-on-dissident-scientists/">Isolation after defunding - government attacks on dissident scientists</a><a href="https://aflds.org/news/post/destroying-science-by-funding-it/">Destroying science by funding it</a><a href="https://aflds.org/news/post/the-day-the-science-died-abandonment-of-criteria-to-find-cause-of-disease/">The Day the Science Died - Criteria to determine disease cause canceled</a><a href="https://aflds.org/news/post/hiv-too-weak-to-cause-aids/">Flashback: When doctor injected self with HIV to end 'greatest murderous fraud in medical history'</a><a href="https://aflds.org/news/post/hiv-discoverer-blamed-aids-on-stolen-virus-without-detecting-in-patient/">HIV 'discoverer' blamed AIDS on stolen virus without detecting in patient</a><a href="https://frontline.news/post/aids-without-hiv">AIDS without HIV</a><a href="https://aflds.org/news/post/the-real-cause-of-aids-known-to-health-officials-since-day-one/">The real cause of AIDS; known to health officials since day one</a></blockquote>

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Almost $400,000 per year for getting majority of patients to take COVID jabs? 

Frontline Facts: Are doctors paid per vaccine jab?

<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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Globalism

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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