A Bible with less than divine authorshipThe&nbsp;Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders&nbsp;(DSM) is published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and is commonly referred to as the “bible” of psychiatric disorders, as its listing of “mental illnesses,” along with descriptions of their various symptoms, is considered definitive. Therefore, not only psychiatrists consult it, but also insurance companies when deciding if and how much to reimburse clients for treatment.Given the obvious interest pharmaceutical companies have in increasing the number of prescriptions for their products, it is crucial that those crafting the DSM be free of all Pharma bias. Unfortunately, this is not the case. A recent <a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/384/bmj-2023-076902" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">study</a> conducted by Professor Lisa Cosgrove of the University of Massachusetts, published in the BMJ (British Medical Journal), confirmed widespread conflicts of interest among those behind the DSM, with over $14 million in Pharma money paid out to those with influence over its content.Furthermore, despite the implementation of a disclosure policy for DMS-5 (the fifth and latest edition), the American Psychiatric Association did not publicly disclose its ties to industry in this edition, and it specifically excluded funds donated to research for DSM-5, which were the largest proportion by category of payment at over 70% of the total. (Other payments went mainly toward food and beverages, travel expenses, and consulting.)&nbsp;Pharma payments made to almost 60 percent of DSM craftersThe study was made possible by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, passed in 2013, which required all U.S. drug and device manufacturers to disclose payments made to physicians and teaching hospitals. A publicly accessible database, Open Payments, was subsequently set up to track such payments, and Prof. Cosgrove and colleagues used the information there to examine the <a href="https://www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/Psychiatrists/Practice/DSM/DSM-5-TR/APA-DSM5TR-ThePeopleBehindDSM.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">crafters </a>of the DSM (around 60% of whom are psychiatrists, 30% psychologists, and 10% other health professionals).92 medical professionals were identified, and of those, 55 (59.8%) had financial ties to the pharmaceutical industry. These included people who served on the DSM task force (which historically has decision-making ability) as well as on the various panels, each of which debates a different “disorder.”The rates of industry payments differed between the various diagnoses. On one panel, all of the members had received industry payments; on five other panels, over 75% of the members had received payments. Members of the panel examining medication-induced movement disorders received the largest amount of industry money—almost $8.5 million.Overall, the areas in which industry made the largest payments are those where drug treatments are usually standard:<blockquote>… we found that panel members of the&nbsp;Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders&nbsp;who received the most remuneration from drug companies were those working in diagnostic areas where drug interventions are often the standard treatment, such as depressive disorders, neurocognitive disorders, and drug induced movement disorders...</blockquote>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/384/bmj-2023-076902/F4.large.jpg?width=800&amp;height=600"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/aflds/image/upload/v1711464935/image_95b5888a37.png" alt="Fig 4"></a>Total compensation for each&nbsp;Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition, text revision (DSM-5-TR) panel and task force members during 2016-19&nbsp;Money in, bad drugs outThe study’s authors stress the large amount of evidence correlating industry payments with pro-industry results, writing that,<blockquote>... a wealth of research documents the ways in which academic-industry relationships lead to pro-industry conclusions,&nbsp;non-evidence based prescription practices, and untrustworthy guideline recommendations. [Emphasis added.]</blockquote>The examples they cite illustrate the real-world implications of such practices being allowed to continue—unsafe medications approved for use as safe, as well as drugs portrayed as far more helpful and less harmful than they really are:<blockquote>The impact of financial conflicts of interest on the medical literature, including randomized clinical trials, meta-analyses, and clinical diagnostic and practice guidelines, has been well documented for more than two decades.&nbsp;Indeed, researchers have consistently shown that conflicts of interest lead to subtle but impactful pro-industry thinking and conclusions.&nbsp;For example, it was recently reported that when meta-analyses of antidepressants included an author who was an employee of the manufacturer of the assessed drug, the meta-analysis was 22 times “less likely to have negative statements about the drug than other meta-analyses.” [Emphases added.]Similarly, when access to the full unpublished dataset was provided to researchers who conducted a reanalysis of SmithKline Beecham’s Study 329—an influential study concluding that paroxetine was safe and effective in adolescents—they found an increase in harms for paroxetine that was not reported in the published literature [emphases added].&nbsp;</blockquote>They also stress that even subtle alterations to the DSM can have significant impacts, increasing substantially the number of people diagnosed with a specific disorder who thereby become eligible for insurance-funded medications:<blockquote>Additionally, it is important to emphasize that the problem of overdiagnosis is not limited to the inclusion of new disorders in the&nbsp;Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Even seemingly small changes to the manual (e.g. to symptomatology of previously included disorders) can have a substantial impact on increasing the number of people who would receive a diagnosis and increasing the number of people prescribed drugs.&nbsp;For example ... the DSM-5 made the change that [ADHD] symptoms could appear before age 12 years rather than age 7 years; that symptoms need only to “impact” behavior rather than cause impairment… [emphases added].</blockquote>&nbsp;‘You make us rich, we’ll make you great’While some may claim that money donated to research is less likely to bias the researchers’ findings (an assumption that the authors of the study dispute), industry money donated in the form of “compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program,” effectively turns the recipients into “key opinion leaders” who gain credibility in the medical profession:<blockquote>... key opinion leaders are influential not only because they are often affiliated with prestigious universities, but also because industry provides them with wide ranging and influential platforms and speaking engagements.</blockquote>Prof. Cosgrove also noted that although some of those receiving industry payments were gifted less than $1,000,&nbsp;<blockquote>… relatively minor gifts do affect physician behavior and prescribing practices; empirical research shows that even small gifts can have a substantial impact on behavior [emphasis added.]</blockquote>&nbsp;Crisis behind closed doorsWhile Cosgrove and colleagues note that conflicts of interest also exist in other areas of medicine, they indicate that the problem may be most acute in psychiatry, citing one professional who said that<blockquote>... “[T]he increasing influence of the pharmaceutical industry on psychiatric research and practice is leading to an intellectual and clinical crisis.”</blockquote>Meanwhile, the American Psychiatric Association does not publicly disclose the minutes of the panel and task force meetings of the&nbsp;Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, making it impossible to know what exactly goes on behind the scenes.&nbsp;It's human nature to be affected by bribesProf. Cosgrove and assistant Prof. Brian Piper (two of the study’s authors) discussed their study in a recent <a href="https://www.madinamerica.com/2024/03/undisclosed-financial-conflicts-of-interest-dsm-lisa-cosgrove-brian-piper/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">interview</a>.Prof. Cosgrove, who is a clinical psychologist, emphasized that conflicts of interest can arise without a person even being aware of it, because it is “part of the human condition to have biases and to remain blissfully unaware of them.” She added that,<blockquote>… we often assume, quite wrongly, that the scientific process can protect us from those implicit biases …&nbsp;</blockquote>She noted that the APA did not dispute her findings, but instead claimed that the conflicts of interest, “didn’t affect them, which is problematic, because it’s just part of the human condition to have implicit bias.”&nbsp;Why should doctors be above suspicion?Prof. Cosgrove also suggested that the medical profession is regarded as above suspicion by many, even people who naturally (and wisely) are distrustful of those conflicted by personal interest in other areas:<blockquote>If you told people that eating a candy bar increased longevity and overall health and then they found out that that study was funded by Hershey, most people would be certainly skeptical ... And yet, sadly, when it comes to medicine, I don’t think people are as aware as they could be of the ways in which these conflicts can result in imbalanced and sometimes inaccurate information.</blockquote>She also mentioned one very good reason why the public should be suspicious of the psychiatric profession in particular—the huge and increasing number of “sick” people:<blockquote>... [consider] what’s called the&nbsp;prevalence paradox ... in areas of medicine other than mental health, when you have good treatments, then the prevalence of the disorders goes down. Antibiotics would be a paradigmatic example. Infectious diseases and bacterial infections went way down, a real game changer for humanity...&nbsp;We don’t see that in the mental health field. We have more treatments, but we have an increasing number of people with disorders ... [and] there are actually no biomarkers for any of the DSM disorders ... [emphasis added]</blockquote>&nbsp;Do what you can to protect yourselfAssistant Prof. Piper noted that the problems he and his colleagues discovered are not “limited to psychiatry. We’ve done other work looking at cardiology and oncology journals. This is a broad issue.”And he provided one useful piece of advice to potential patients:<blockquote>I would suggest: Before you go to your primary care provider, your psychiatrist, your physician assistant or your nurse practitioner, do a quick Google search for&nbsp;CMS Open Payments, and with a little bit of practice, ideally, if you know their middle initial, you can look up their conflicts of interest [emphases added.]</blockquote>

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Millions of dollars handed out to contributors to DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)

Revealed: Pharma finances 60% of experts deciding which mental disorders qualify for insurance

<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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Who's afraid of Big Bad Tech? 

A British vigilante group known as the “Blade Runners” is receiving widespread support from British taxpayers as it continues to destroy climate surveillance cameras across London.<h2>The ULEZ mandate</h2>By order of London Mayor Sadiq Khan, the city is peppered with ultra-low emission zones (ULEZs), areas accessible only to low-emission vehicles. Cars that do not meet the city’s environmental standards are charged £12.50 ($16) for entering the ULEZ. Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras positioned around the zones read license plates and check them against the vehicles’ make and model in real time. If a vehicle does not meet the environmental threshold, a fine is levied against the car owner.&nbsp;The ULEZ climate mandate has drawn heavy&nbsp;<a href="https://frontline.news/post/london-hundreds-protest-against-climate-mandates">protests</a> from residents, including&nbsp;<a href="https://frontline.news/post/british-veteran-launches-hunger-strike-as-unrest-grows-over-climate-mandates">hunger strikes</a> and refusals to pay fines. Taxpayers have also taken to disabling the ANPR surveillance cameras which Transport for London (TfL), the city’s transportation department, said will be used both for climate and law enforcement.<h2>Taxpayers cheer the ‘Blade Runners’</h2>Since the climate restrictions were expanded last year, the Blade Runners have taken to disabling and destroying hundreds of cameras. Between April and September 2023, Metropolitan Police recorded 200 reports of cameras being stolen and 595 reports of cameras being vandalized.TfL began placing black boxes around ULEZ camera wirings to protect them from being cut, but taxpayers found other ways to disable the cameras — like removing them completely.<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"> MUST SEE: Blade Runners topple THREE ULEZ cameras in a coordinated strike… The people are fighting back! <a href="https://t.co/Yvr2Xr7Lun">pic.twitter.com/Yvr2Xr7Lun</a>— David Morgan #StayFree (@david_r_morgan) <a href="https://twitter.com/david_r_morgan/status/1802726912050995623?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>In response, the city&nbsp;<a href="https://frontline.news/post/london-taxpayers-attack-surveillance-vans-in-continued-revolt">deployed</a> mobile surveillance vans mounted with ANPR cameras across London in the hopes of evading attacks, but Blade Runners soon began targeting those as well. Some surveillance vans have been spotted covered in graffiti with their tires slashed, while others have been completely covered in tarp.Last month, 21 cameras were destroyed in the hours after Sadiq Khan was re-elected mayor of London, the&nbsp;Daily Mail&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13538797/Moment-Blade-Runner-uses-power-tool-cut-ULEZ-camera-traffic-light-latest-attack-Sadiq-Khans-hated-scheme.html">reported</a>. Last weekend, Blade Runners used power tools to topple a ULEZ camera and traffic lights to the delight of some fellow taxpayers. In a video that was posted to social media, passing cars can be heard honking in support.The video received over 37,000 likes. Comments on the post were largely supportive, with users writing that, “When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty,” and “Fair play to them, it's a complete scam that does nothing.”Blade Runner Matt Hardy told the&nbsp;Daily Mail&nbsp;that the Blade Runners are “people pissed off about the tyranny reigning over us and getting out and doing things about it – real votes, real boys here.”<h2>‘These cameras are not about the climate. They are about control’</h2>British actor and influencer Laurence Fox said this week he was just given back his electronic devices by police after being arrested earlier this year for cheering on the Blade Runners:<blockquote>These cameras are not about the climate. They are about control. They are the primary infrastructure for all sorts of things that ideologues like the midget dictator [Sadiq Khan] would like to impose upon us.I can now finally say the word ‘Bladerunners’ again. One of the ridiculous restrictions on free speech imposed by the police.It’s a dreadful shame to see so many of these cameras dying suddenly. I’m not at all thrilled about it. Just because I am smiling like a Cheshire Cat, it doesn’t mean that I am over the moon that these scameras continue to topple in high winds.&nbsp;Vive la résistance!</blockquote><div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">POLICE UPDATE Following 6 coppers bursting into my house earlier this year to arrest me for saying how pleased I was that the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ULEZ?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ULEZ</a> scam was meeting such robust resistance, this morning the <a href="https://twitter.com/metpoliceuk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@metpoliceuk</a> were ordered by the magistrate to hand back all my devices, including my…— Laurence Fox (@LozzaFox) <a href="https://twitter.com/LozzaFox/status/1803030521095622912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> &nbsp;

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Climate Change

‘Pissed off about the tyranny reigning over us’

British taxpayers cheer vigilante group destroying climate cams

Fisker is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the electric vehicle (EV) company announced Tuesday.<h2>‘Like other companies in the electric vehicle industry’</h2>“Fisker has made incredible progress since our founding, bringing the Ocean SUV to market twice as fast as expected in the auto industry and making good on our promises to deliver the most sustainable vehicle in the world,” a spokesperson <a href="https://assets.ctfassets.net/cghen8gr8e1n/6W19OiEBJDVIFVEmo4feHA/df902c5cb2b067251a300efb0b35f611/Fisker-Filing-FINAL.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">said</a>.The California-based company added it is not the only EV maker that has been struggling to stay in business.“We are proud of our achievements, and we have put thousands of Fisker Ocean SUVs in customers’ hands in both North American [sic] and Europe. But like other companies in the electric vehicle industry, we have faced various market and macroeconomic headwinds that have impacted our ability to operate efficiently. After evaluating all options for our business, we determined that proceeding with a sale of our assets under Chapter 11 is the most viable path forward for the company.”Fisker’s collapse is the latest indication that the EV industry is folding due to sinking demand. Other EV industry players are also cutting their losses as they jump ship.<h2>Hertz</h2>In March, Hertz CEO Stephen Scherr&nbsp;<a href="https://www.motorfinanceonline.com/news/hertz-ceo-resigns-amid-ev-investment-setback/#:~:text=Scherr's%20departure%20coincides%20with%20Hertz's,electric%20vehicle%20(EV)%20rentals">resigned</a> after his bet on EVs cost the car rental giant its biggest quarterly loss since 2020. Hertz had been praised by the Biden administration for its ambition to convert 25% of its fleet to EVs by the end of this year. In January, however, the company announced it would instead be selling its 20,000 EVs — including Teslas — at heavily discounted prices and replacing them with gas-powered cars.<h2>Mercedes-Benz</h2>Mercedes-Benz also recently had to give up its ambition to only sell electric cars by 2030. Instead, EVs are expected to make up only 50% of the German carmaker’s sales over the next decade.<h2>Apple</h2>In February, Apple abandoned its multi-billion dollar effort to create an electric car. Despite being a decade in the works and employing 2,000 people, Project Titan was axed due to falling consumer demand.<h2>Aston Martin</h2>A lack of consumer demand is also partly to blame for Aston Martin&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13138123/Aston-Martin-puts-brakes-new-electric-supercar-2026-bosses-say-drivers-want-engines-throaty-roar.html">placing</a> its battery-operated “supercar” on hold until 2026.“Demand, certainly at an Aston Martin price point, is not what we thought it was going to be two years ago,” said Aston Martin Executive Chairman Lawrence Stroll.&nbsp;<h2>Ford</h2>In December, Ford slashed production of its flagship EV at its assembly plant in Dearborn, Michigan by half. The automaker cut the monthly production quote for the all-electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck from 3,200 units to 1,600 units per month.<h2>Biden administration continues to force EV production</h2>Nevertheless, the Biden administration in March issued new climate mandates aimed at forcing more EV production. The new rules from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) contain tight emissions standards that will&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/epa-electric-vehicles-emissions-limits-climate-biden-e6d581324af51294048df24269b5d20a">require</a> 56% of new vehicle sales to be fully electric by 2032, with an additional 13% required to be hybrids.

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Biden administration continues to force EV production

Electric car company files bankruptcy as EV market folds

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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