In&nbsp;<a href="https://aflds.org/news/post/us-government-props-up-former-communists-despite-defectors-warnings/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">US government propping up ‘former communists’ despite defector’s warnings</a> we saw that the US government ignored the warnings of the leading KGB defector, Anatoly Golitsyn, of the danger of funding the former Soviet Union and of plans to rebuild the Soviet empire.Former communists in charge of UkraineAs noted by the editor of Golitsyn’s second book, a collection of memoranda he addressed to the CIA,&nbsp;<a href="https://archive.org/details/AnatoliyGolitsyn">Perestroika Deception</a>, Ukraine, like other former Soviet satellites, remained under communist control.<blockquote>Throughout the 'former' USSR, key Communist strategists and implementers were in open control. Specifically … the President of Ukraine, Leonid Kravchuk, former Communist Party ideology chief, was succeeded by Leonid Kuchma, formerly the Communist Director of a Soviet missile plant … The Russian Ambassador in Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, has told foreign colleagues not to bother expanding their embassies since they will eventually have to be downgraded to consulates again.</blockquote>More recently, following the 2014 Ukrainian revolution deposing their pro-Russia leader, The New York Times acknowledged the presence of the old leaders among the new in <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/25/world/europe/ukraine-parliament.html">Ukrainian Protesters See Too Many Familiar Faces in Parliament After Revolution</a>.Zelensky's ties that bindThus, the current leader of Ukraine,&nbsp;Volodymyr Zelensky, may be heavily influenced by the pro-Russia personalities holding onto power. Indeed, many of the oligarchs who hold substantial sway over the government are actually “<a href="https://thenewamerican.com/ukraine-a-deep-state-wonderland/">former communist big wigs from the Soviet time</a>” who were given preferential treatment to allow them to make business deals unavailable to those unaffiliated with the communists.&nbsp;One such Ukrainian oligarch is billionaire&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ihor_Kolomoyskyi">Ihor Kolomoyskyi</a>,&nbsp;who co-founded&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PrivatBank">PrivatBank</a> in 1992, just after Ukraine declared independence. PrivatBank was the only Ukrainian lender to receive permission from the National Bank of Ukraine to open an overseas branch, allowing it to become Ukraine’s largest commercial bank. It received permission to open its first overseas branch in 1999 when Ukraine was ruled by Leonid Kuchma, who, as mentioned above, formerly served as Communist Director of a Soviet missile plant.Kolomoyskyi also owns&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%2B1_Media_Group">1+1 Media Group</a> whose TV channel<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%2B1_(TV_channel)">&nbsp;1+1</a> aired "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servant_of_the_People_(TV_series)">Servant of the People</a>", the comedy series in which Zelensky played the role of president of Ukraine. Kolomoyskyi also served as&nbsp;<a href="https://nypost.com/2022/02/24/who-is-ukraines-president-volodymyr-zelensky/">Zelensky’s benefactor</a> in his run for president.&nbsp;<a href="https://kanekoa.substack.com/p/how-one-ukrainian-billionaire-funded?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_campaign=post_embed&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;s=r">In fact</a>,&nbsp;<blockquote>The<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora_Papers"> Pandora Papers</a> showed that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his TV production partners were<a href="https://archive.ph/Xmoxl">&nbsp;beneficiaries of a web of offshore firms</a> created in 2012, the same year Zelensky’s production company entered into a deal with Kolomoysky’s media group, which allegedly received $41 million in funds from Kolomoysky’s Privatbank.Zelensky’s political rival, President Petro Poroshenko<a href="https://uawire.org/zelensky-challenges-poroshenko-to-debate-in-olimpiyskiy-stadium">&nbsp;commented</a> on their connection during the campaign trail, “Fate intended to put me together with Kolomoyskiy’s puppet in the second round of the elections.”After Zelensky’s victory, Kolomoysky, who had spent the last few years living between Israel and Switzerland, returned to Ukraine to keep up his relationship with the new president,<a href="https://www.kyivpost.com/multimedia/video/ukrainian-oligarchs-ihor-kolomoisky-video">&nbsp;nominating over 30-lawmakers</a> to Zelensky’s newly established party and maintaining influence with many of them in parliament.</blockquote>Former communists in charge of RussiaAs for Russia, while the press makes much of the individual personality of its president, Vladimir Putin, its executive decision making power is actually split up among a number of ministers with communist ties who comprise the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Russia">government of Russia</a>, in which Putin does not even have a seat. They are led by Prime Minister&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Mishustin">Mikhail Mishustin</a>, whose father was a member of the<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Committee_of_the_Komsomol">&nbsp;Central Committee of the Komsomol</a>, the executive leadership of the<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komsomol">&nbsp;All-Union Leninist Young Communist League</a>.Even if Putin could sway this round table of ministers to do his bidding, he himself could be relied upon to advance long term communist policy. As we reported in<a href="https://aflds.org/news/post/how-one-defector-got-it-right/">&nbsp;How one defector got it right</a>, Putin was not only a loyal agent of the feared KGB who rose to head the agency when it changed its name to the FSB, but he filled so many important government positions with KGB agents that the BBC headlined a 2006 article,<blockquote><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6177531.stm">KGB influence 'soars under Putin' Four out of five political leaders and state administrators in Russia either have been or still are members of the security services</a>.</blockquote>Der Spiegel similarly stated:&nbsp;&nbsp;<blockquote><a href="https://www.spiegel.de/international/putin-s-russia-kremlin-riddled-with-former-kgb-agents-a-454486.html">Kremlin Riddled with Former KGB Agents</a>.</blockquote>Why would two nations under the control of the same communists go to war?The Russia-Ukraine war certainly could then be a controlled conflict, with former communists in control of both nations. What then do they want out of this conflict?More money, more weaponsWinston Churchill’s words, “<a href="https://mahb.stanford.edu/blog/never-let-a-good-crisis-go-to-waste/">never let a good crisis go to waste</a>,” seem to have been adapted by communists to be restated as, “always create a good crisis.” Manufactured crises, together with real ones, have been used to justify <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_foreign_aid">over $50 billion in foreign aid&nbsp;</a>each year, with additional “emergency aid” all but guaranteed with each escalation. This, despite US military equipment and technology recently winding up in the hands of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.lewrockwell.com/2017/06/no_author/understand-imperial-policy/">ISIS</a>, the&nbsp;<a href="https://taskandpurpose.com/news/taliban-weapons-afghanistan/">Taliban&nbsp;</a>and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/i-gave-the-us-trucks-and-ammunition-to-al-qaeda-the-chaotic-us-effort-to-arm-syrian-rebels">Al Qaeda</a>. Thus, the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/09/01/joint-statement-on-the-u-s-ukraine-strategic-partnership/">White House proudly stated</a> this past September,<blockquote>Providing Ukraine with Security Assistance: The United States is announcing a new $60 million security assistance package, including additional Javelin anti-armor systems and other defensive lethal and non-lethal capabilities, to enable Ukraine to more effectively defend itself against Russian aggression. The United States has committed $2.5 billion in support of Ukraine’s forces since 2014, including more than $400 million this year alone….Investing in Ukraine’s Reform Agenda: Governance reform is critical to ensuring democracy delivers for the people …&nbsp; In support of Ukraine’s reform efforts, the U.S. government has provided Ukraine with nearly $2 billion in development assistance since 2014 and plans to allocate over $463 million in assistance this year …Providing Sufficient Funding for Growth: …. The initial amount of $3 billion in support from the Export-Import Bank (EXIM) of the United States for these potential transactions may be increased as the pipeline of projects in agribusiness, infrastructure, climate, and energy develops…Fighting COVID-19:&nbsp; The United States has provided approximately $55 million in COVID-19 related assistance and donated nearly 2.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Ukraine. The United States intends to provide additional assistance to Ukraine, to include cold chain storage support and an additional $12.8 million in COVID-related assistance …Humanitarian Assistance:&nbsp;The ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine has left 3.4 million people in need of humanitarian aid. Since 2014, the United States has provided over $306 million in life-saving assistance to help Ukrainians in need … The U.S. government will provide an additional $45 million in humanitarian assistance to Ukraine this year.</blockquote>Of course, this money pales in comparison to&nbsp;<a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/09/politics/ukraine-aid-spending-bill-congress/index.html">the new emergency a</a>id package.<blockquote>Washington (CNN) A<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/09/politics/house-vote-government-spending-ukraine-aid/index.html">&nbsp;massive spending bill</a> signed into law by President Joe Biden Tuesday provides for a one-time $13.6 billion infusion of military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine as it fights back against Russia's invasion.&nbsp;</blockquote>By this measure, the goal of the conflict has already been achieved, with US money and weapons increasingly transferred to the control of former communists. If Russia gets to leave troops in Ukraine or if Ukraine announces a shift in alignment toward Russia, it would just be a bonus for the Russian strategy.A new way:Rather than pick or defend a side, the correct response in any controlled conflict is to first expose the conflict for what it is and then to cut off financial and military transfers to both sides. Even trade should be halted until a formerly communist nation can prove that communists no longer hold sway over the lives of its citizens. In this way, controlled economies, which go hand-in-hand with control of the people in those economies, can collapse under their own weight, while free economies, unburdened by the need to prop those economies up, can go back to prospering.That way, the next time the World Health Organization demands compliance with lockdown, quarantine and vaccination directives, a few more nation states might be in the non-compliance column.See our previous article in this series:<blockquote><a href="https://aflds.org/news/post/did-the-soviet-union-fake-its-own-funeral/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Did the Soviet Union fake its own funeral?</a><a href="https://aflds.org/news/post/how-the-soviets-faked-their-collapse-before-perestroika" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">100 years of fake communist collapses</a><a href="http://aflds.org/news/post/how-one-defector-got-it-right" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">How one defector got it right</a><a href="http://aflds.org/news/post/us-government-propping-up-former-communists-despite-defectors-warnings" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">US government propping up ‘former communists’ despite defector’s warnings</a></blockquote>

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People are dying, but the leaders are working together

Proof of controlled conflict in Ukraine

<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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Censorship

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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US News

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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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