Last month, an Ohio man was sentenced by a federal judge to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ohio-man-who-assaulted-flight-attendants-gets-60-day-prison-sentence-2022-05-04/">60 days in prison</a> after he had to be restrained in his airplane seat with tape, during a flight in which he was,&nbsp;<blockquote>drinking alcohol … came out of the bathroom without his shirt on …&nbsp;groped the breasts of multiple flight attendants and then punched a male attendant in the face …[He] had pleaded guilty to three counts of assault and faced up to 18 months in prison. [Emphases added].</blockquote>Medical speech treated like sexual assaultToday, Dr. Simone Gold, an early opponent of lockdowns and the mandating of experimental vaccines on pregnant women and others, received the same 60-day sentence as the airplane sex offender, in addition to 12 months of supervised release and a $9,500 fine.&nbsp;Not violent, not even aggressiveIn Dr. Gold’s case, the charge was not sexual assault or any other kind of violence. The FBI and prosecutors combed through vast footage, much of which has not been shared with Dr. Gold and other January 6th defendants, but failed to find even one instance of aggressive behavior by Dr. Gold, let alone violence or vandalism. That concords with Dr. Gold’s non-aggressive life devoted to the service of her patients.When Dr. Gold was asked by police to move, she did so, immediately. When they asked her to leave the building, she did so, immediately. She then expressed regret at mistakenly entering a restricted area.The charge against Dr. Gold was therefore limited to one&nbsp;<a href="https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/03/cdc-critic-americas-frontline-doctors-founder-dr-simone-gold-pleads-guilty-jan-6-case/">misdemeanor count</a> of&nbsp;<blockquote>entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds</blockquote>In other words,&nbsp;trespass.Invited speakerDr. Gold, like many January 6th defendants, was not even aware that she was in a restricted area. Police officers waved protestors in or stood by open doors.&nbsp;Dr. Gold, as an invited guest speaker that day on health freedom (that was the doctor’s role that day and the sole reason she traveled to the Capitol) walked through open doors. There is extensive video surveillance of the doctor and her security guard, John Strand, (who has also been charged) walking calmly between the ropes and then of Dr. Gold giving a medical speech.<figure class="image image-style-align-right"><img src="/uploads/Screen_Shot_2022_06_16_at_10_39_31_AM_0165642189.png"></figure>New norm?Is there anyone who would have predicted jail time for a doctor accidentally giving a medical speech in a restricted area in normal pre-2020 life?Lest one get the idea that trespass in the Capitol was always treated more harshly than trespass elsewhere, consider the 210 protestors charged with&nbsp;<a href="https://wtop.com/dc/2018/07/charges-dropped-against-last-of-inauguration-day-protest-defendants/">felony rioting</a> during the 2017 inauguration, injuring&nbsp;<a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/19/politics/trump-inauguration-protests-womens-march/index.html">six police officers</a> and causing more than<a href="https://wtop.com/dc/2018/07/charges-dropped-against-last-of-inauguration-day-protest-defendants/"> $100,000</a> in damage.Charges dropped, rioters paidOther than one 4-month sentence for a felony charge of assaulting a police officer, not one inauguration rioter was sentenced to even one day of jail, despite their violence. 20 were placed on probation and the rest saw their charges dropped, with the government paying the defendants $1.6 million for having detained them!&nbsp;<a href="https://patch.com/district-columbia/washingtondc/dc-settles-trump-inauguration-day-protest-lawsuits-1-6m">Really</a>.&nbsp;Not like the othersNo one should be prosecuted for their political views. But unlike the vast majority of January 6th protestors, Dr. Gold was not even there for political reasons.&nbsp;As <a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/05/doctor-lawyer-insurrectionist-the-radicalization-of-simone-gold/">Mother Jones</a> reported,<blockquote>For most of her life, Gold doesn’t seem to have been politically active. She donated $1,000 to the campaign of Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) in 2019, but before that, the only other federal candidate to whom she gave money was a Democrat—California Rep. Raul Ruiz—in 2011.</blockquote>Supported individuals from both parties<blockquote>“I have never considered myself a political person. I’ve supported both parties at various times in my life,” she says in her book. “I’d fall in the middle of any partisan test. I don’t believe in the right-left distinction…That’s the trouble with being in the middle of the road. Sometimes you get run over.”</blockquote>Better health through health freedomWhat Dr. Gold has always focused on is public health and she believes that health freedom is key to promoting good health. Without that freedom, individuals’ personal health can be damaged by vaccine mandates and lockdowns that have a deleterious effect on them as individuals, such as individuals in apartment buildings who need fresh air or a visit to a gym or basketball court.Health freedom is right wing?Keeping to her apolitical role, at the Capitol the doctor spoke mainly about lockdowns, which killed hundreds of thousands and hurt millions more. An article about a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/462319362/A-Doctor-a-Day-Letter-Signed">letter&nbsp;</a>she initiated, “<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/gracemarieturner/2020/05/22/600-physicians-say-lockdowns-are-a-mass-casualty-incident/">600 Physicians Say Lockdowns are a Mass Casualty Incident</a>” was very widely read and led the media to label her as political, on the Right. But everything Dr. Gold did was with grassroots support from other doctors. To her, as in her earlier life, she was not being political.&nbsp;VindicatedFast forward two years and now most unbiased researchers agree lockdowns were harmful and wrong. For example, in February 2022, a definitive meta-analysis by&nbsp;<a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsites.krieger.jhu.edu%2Fiae%2Ffiles%2F2022%2F01%2FA-Literature-Review-and-Meta-Analysis-of-the-Effects-of-Lockdowns-on-COVID-19-Mortality.pdf&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cetulshinski%40aflds.org%7Cc75b87c9233b4029993108da4e2188f7%7Cb86874a894e144f8891fcd4fa7ac80e6%7C1%7C0%7C637908203188402525%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=LInk8r95JHaVlMReWVvvR0EbakOrT17VO6X4rVaVXLA%3D&amp;reserved=0">Johns Hopkins University</a> stated,&nbsp;<blockquote>The use of lockdowns is a unique feature of the COVID-19 pandemic. Lockdowns have not been used to such a large extent during any of the pandemics of the past century. However,&nbsp;lockdowns&nbsp;during the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic have had devastating effects. They have contributed to&nbsp;reducing economic activity, raising unemployment, reducing schooling, causing political unrest, contributing to domestic violence, and undermining liberal democracy.&nbsp;These costs to society must be compared to the&nbsp;benefits of lockdowns, which our meta-analysis has shown are marginal at best. Such a standard benefit-cost calculation leads to a strong conclusion: lockdowns should be rejected out of hand as a pandemic policy instrument.&nbsp;(Emphases added, p. 43).</blockquote>Similarly, Dr. Gold was vindicated when research revealed that it appears that “<a href="https://aflds.org/library/pedia/all-cause-mortality/">COVID vaccines are causing more death than they save</a>.”Not political afterall, except to the governmentThese vindicating studies show what Dr. Gold said all along, neither political party should advocate for stay at home or vaccination orders - it was never political. So why did 21 well armed FBI&nbsp;<a href="https://gellerreport.com/2021/01/fbi-arrests-cdc-critic-dr-simone-gold-for-attending-capitol-protest-fbi-singled-her-out.html/">break down the front door</a> of Dr. Gold, a single mother,&nbsp;<blockquote>remove [her] from home, shackled and prohibited from taking any belongings, not even a purse, [while] her phone and computer were removed as evidence?&nbsp;</blockquote>Apparently, to the FBI medical health is a political issue when mandates and lockdowns are challenged on a scientific basis.Sentenced for not having remorse for something that didn’t happen?Apparently the FBI is not alone as a government actor politicizing medicine.&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_R._Cooper">Judge Christopher Cooper</a>, who served on the Obama/Biden transition team and as an advisor for the Obama administration before being appointed as judge by Obama, included the actions of political activists on January 6th&nbsp;<a href="https://lawandcrime.com/u-s-capitol-breach/judge-sends-jan-6-rioter-and-americas-frontline-doctors-founder-to-jail/">when he sentenced Dr. Gold to prison</a>:<blockquote>What I haven’t heard is about the&nbsp;five people who died that day. The four people who committed suicide because of the trauma they suffered that day because of the mob. [Emphasis added].</blockquote>In holding Dr. Gold accountable for what he claims other protestors did, he joined the FBI and DOJ in making this prosecution (and sentencing) political. Even worse, he was publicly admitting to sentencing Dr. Gold based on her failure to show remorse for those five deaths - five deaths that didn’t happen, as&nbsp;<a href="https://www.westernjournal.com/fact-check-biden-falsely-claims-5-cops-killed-trump-supporters-jan-6/">The Western Journal</a> reported in March.<blockquote>This claim that the pro-Trump&nbsp;protesters on Jan. 6 went on to “kill five cops” is 100 percent fiction.&nbsp;In truth, not a single police officer died that day. Even left-wing PolitiFact had to<a href="https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/19/facebook-posts/no-joe-biden-never-said-dozens-police-were-killed-/">&nbsp;admit</a> that no police officers died during the events of Jan. 6. Only&nbsp;one officer died in the immediate aftermath of the protest, and that was Capitol Police officer <a href="https://www.westernjournal.com/biden-falsely-claims-criminal-trump-supporters-killed-cop-brian-sicknick-jan-6-unrest/">Brian Sicknick</a>, who&nbsp;died of natural causes one day after the protests ended. The best that left-wingers can do to claim that Sicknick was a “victim” of the protests is to claim that the stress of the protests “contributed” to the strokes that took his life. But even that is conjecture, not medical fact.The other four officers who died — long after the protest ended — all died from suicide. Not a single officer died during the protests and none died as a direct action of any protester. [Emphases added].</blockquote>But there were deaths on the day of the protest, of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/06/exclusive-truth-january-6th-documentary-premieres-today-gateway-pundit-narrated-political-prisoner-jake-lang-inside-solitary-confinement-must-watch/">two unarmed women</a> - protestors killed by police officers. Judge Cooper did not think that all police should be judged for what those officers did. In fact, he did not mention being concerned that the police officers who themselves killed those two women have not been charged.AFLDS press releasePlease see the&nbsp;<a href="https://aflds.org/news/press-releases/the-loss-of-equal-protection/">official AFLDS press release</a> on Dr. Gold’s sentencing as well as the previous articles in our series on the politicization of the police:&nbsp;<a href="https://americasfrontlinenews.com/post/fbi-no-time-to-interview-rape-victims-plenty-for-jan-6-trespass">FBI - No time to interview rape victims; plenty for Jan 6 trespass</a><a href="https://americasfrontlinenews.com/post/police-chiefs-discourage-violent-crime-complaints-to-give-appearance-of-reduced-crime">Police chiefs discourage violent crime complaints to give appearance of reduced crime</a><a href="https://americasfrontlinenews.com/post/police-plant-drugs-on-minorities-to-meet-arrest-quotas">Police plant drugs on minorities to meet arrest quotas</a><a href="https://americasfrontlinenews.com/post/fbi-fails-to-act-on-evidence-of-planned-shootings">FBI fails to act on evidence of planned shootings</a><figure class="image image-style-align-center"><img src="/uploads/i_Stock_1191186737_2fa5aff2c4.jpg"></figure>

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Judge weighed lack of remorse for deaths that didn't happen

Politicizing medicine: FBI/DOJ/Court jail Dr Simone Gold for trespass

<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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