Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter Sean Strickland took on Australia's mainstream media during a live press conference Wednesday, after reporters claimed to not know about the government's arrest of a young pregnant woman for a FB post opposing lockdowns.Populist outside the ringThe 32-year-old California native has made a name for himself acting “out of the box."<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Sean Strickland was a man of his word and brought a fan onstage to spar at the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UFC293?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UFC293</a> open workouts <a href="https://t.co/Cwo6Ytsjhv">pic.twitter.com/Cwo6Ytsjhv</a>— MMA Fighting (@MMAFighting) <a href="https://twitter.com/MMAFighting/status/1699337204848587020?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 6, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div>At a press conference down under, where he is preparing for his championship fight on September 10th in the UFC, the world's largest MMA promotion, Strickland again excited his fan base, attacking the reporters who were there to cover him.FB policeStrickland started his off-script remarks at the presser with criticism of the heavy-handed treatment of lockdown opponents by the Australian police.&nbsp;<blockquote>It must be talked about. You guys did throw a pregnant woman in jail over a FB post during Covid. That must be talked about. Shame on you guys.&nbsp;</blockquote>Strickland, wearing a “Cancel Me” t-shirt, then focused on the government policies that the police were enforcing.<blockquote>Here's the thing Australia. I would like you guys so much better if you had a freedom of speech, so if you could go ahead and make a freedom of speech like the greatest country in the world, we would get along better.&nbsp;'I mean, how is that not standard with you guys? How do you not have a freedom of speech? You have a government that can say: “If you say something we don't like, we will throw you in prison,” how . . . do you rationalize that?'</blockquote>In Donald Trump fashion, Strickland took on the mainstream media directly, turning the presser into an interview of the journalists as he prodded them to justify the police-state measures.&nbsp;<blockquote>How do you feel about that?&nbsp;</blockquote>When a reporter asked, “which woman was this”, Strickland blasted him for claiming to not know about the violation of the pregnant woman's rights even though the story had already made the rounds on alternative media.<blockquote>It was all over the news, how do you not know about that?'</blockquote>KGB tactics? Not in Australia …A second reporter then made the mistake of assuming that Strickland must have confused Australia with a nation in which KGB tactics are used to harass opponents of government policy, as <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/mma/article-12487021/UFC-293-Sean-Strickland-blasts-Australian-government-Russa-pregnant-woman-anti-Covid-lockdown.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">reported</a> by Daily Mail.<blockquote>A reporter then asked Strickland: 'Are you confusing us with Russia?'Strickland replied: 'No, I'm saying there was a pregnant woman who was thrown in jail during Covid.&nbsp;&nbsp;</blockquote>&nbsp;<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">UFC Fighter <a href="https://twitter.com/SStricklandMMA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SStricklandMMA</a> Calls Out The Australian Government Ahead of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UFC293?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UFC293</a> For Arresting A Pregnant Woman Who Posted An Anti Lockdown Facebook Post... She Faced Up To 15 Years In Prison... Resist Covid-1984 <a href="https://t.co/bFAh7gZ6cd">pic.twitter.com/bFAh7gZ6cd</a>— Spiro (@Spiro_Ghost) <a href="https://twitter.com/Spiro_Ghost/status/1699280521094902033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 6, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div>Yes, in AustraliaSearch results for “Australia, Facebook Post, Arrest” in X, formerly Twitter, reveals a litany of posts about Zoe Buhler, the pregnant woman with whom the reporters claimed to not be familiar. 28 years-of-age at the time she was arrested in front of her small children, in September 2020, police charged her with promoting an anti-lockdown protest on Facebook.<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">Pregnant woman Zoe Buhler was arrested at home in her pyjamas for creating a ‘freedom day’ event on Facebook. <a href="https://t.co/Rsrb4nyoW2">pic.twitter.com/Rsrb4nyoW2</a>— Rebekah Barnett (@dystopian_DU) <a href="https://twitter.com/dystopian_DU/status/1677586754537422848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 8, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div>The video of her arrest was shared more than 10 million times and, possibly as a result of the exposure, Victoria Police delayed her trial. Then, after two years of anxiety and mounting legal fees, the government dropped the case, though the extraordinary use of police to protect the government from criticism continues to draw attention from Strickland and others.<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Just in: Ballarat’s Zoe Buhler has been cleared of inciting others to breach a Covid lockdown in 2020. She says she has “no regrets” and is “glad she stood up for people’s human rights and freedoms.” More to come <a href="https://twitter.com/abcnews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@abcnews</a> <a href="https://t.co/ivAecsegNu">pic.twitter.com/ivAecsegNu</a>— Lexie Jeuniewic (@LexieGJeuniewic) <a href="https://twitter.com/LexieGJeuniewic/status/1564409949396299776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 30, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div>Championship fight to defend against communismWinning 27 of his 32 MMA fights, Strickland ranks 5th in the UFC's middleweight division and is scheduled to fight the current champion in that weight class, Israel Adesanya, whom Strickland accuses of <a href="https://www.sportskeeda.com/mma/news-fans-slam-ufc-s-israel-adesanya-retweets-old-video-touching-dog-inappropriately" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">inappropriately</a> touching his dog and “<a href="https://twitter.com/SquidViciousMMA/status/1699719144441032805" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">swearing allegiance to China</a>.”Adesanya, in fact, <a href="https://www.sportskeeda.com/mma/news-why-israel-adesanya-represent-china-kickboxing-days-unearthing-origin-sean-strickland-s-ongoing-joke" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">spent</a> part of his kickboxing career in China after being born in Nigeria and before relocating to New Zealand.<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Remember when a young Izzy walked out with the Chinese flag on his shoulder? <a href="https://t.co/KJPPgLnh8d">pic.twitter.com/KJPPgLnh8d</a>— Hyon Ko (@KoreanJohn_) <a href="https://twitter.com/KoreanJohn_/status/1381999268798459906?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 13, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div>Adesanya, for his part, has stood his ground, defending his ties the communist nation and promising to knock Strickland out, “in the name of China.”<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">For Sean. <a href="https://t.co/3C3TRVdwjp">pic.twitter.com/3C3TRVdwjp</a>— Israel Adesanya (@stylebender) <a href="https://twitter.com/stylebender/status/1691346342927532032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 15, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div>Socialist PastStrickland's opposition to communist China is particularly noteworthy considering his previous affiliation with socialists, which he <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/2021/10/31/22751844/sean-strickland-details-neo-nazi-past-finding-salvation-in-mma" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">attributes</a> to a rough childhood and a racist grandfather to whom he turned when his relationship with his parents broke down.<blockquote>I actually went through this weird neo-Nazi, white supremacist phase when I was younger, and I got kicked out of school for, like, hate crimes, all this crazy sh*t. I was just so angry, and I had a lot of f***ed up influences in my life, that it felt so good to . . . hate something. I would walk down the street with just a knife or like a rock hoping to kill somebody. . . .&nbsp;My grandfather was this big piece of sh*t. When you’re a kid, you don’t see that, you hero-worship him. My grandfather was, like, 6-foot-7 ... he just kind of filled your head with crazy sh*t. Because you’re in seventh grade, spouting off Nazi [ideology].</blockquote>Strickland deeply regrets his racist past, which he turned away from in his early teens.<blockquote>[T]here's no privilege for being like racist, so I resented [my grandfather for persuading me to be a neo-Nazi] a big majority of my life for you know filling my head with that . . .I grew out of it when I started training . . . I was like 14, 15. But i mean you're talking like, I would walk through school with like a big permanent swastika swastika on my arm &nbsp;. . . I had no idea what . . . it meant. I’m in elementary school, I’m in seventh grade, I don’t know what . . . that means.&nbsp;Then I started training and the moment I started training I was like . . . I don’t hate anybody. Everyone’s cool. Then a lot of people who helped me out in my life, they weren’t white. . . . So that was a weird thing to deal with, and you also feel ashamed. Now, you feel shame because your entire life you’ve been spouting off this rhetoric — again I’m being a kid — and the next thing you know people are helping you and they’re not even . . . &nbsp;white.&nbsp;</blockquote><div class="raw-html-embed"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gfGexuvCRLQ?si=6uCpPE-x4vujxXzn" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>Strickland's rejection of National Socialism (Nazism) complements his rejection of communist China, as both forms of socialism are properly placed together on the left end of the political spectrum, as <a href="https://thenewamerican.com/print/identifying-the-real-fascists/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">explained</a> by the John Birch Society.<ul><li>In his early years, Benito Mussolini was a leading member of the Italian Socialist Party, which was composed of socialists and communists. His 1932 manifesto . . . presented a statist, totalitarian philosophy completely compatible with communism: “Everything in the State, nothing against the State, nothing outside the State.”</li><li>Since both communism and fascism are totalitarian by definition (total government control of everything) . . . they both belong on the left end of the spectrum,&nbsp;</li><li>The full name of Hitler’s Nazi Party . . . was National Socialist German Workers Party, and like Mussolini, Hitler adopted the corporate socialist political-economic model. . . .</li><li>Hitler’s Nazi “stormtroopers,” the street-fighting SA Brownshirts, were composed largely of “Beefsteak Nazis”: “Red (communist) on the inside, brown (Nazi) on the outside.” Many of these notorious communist thugs switched back and forth (from Communist Party, to Nazi Party, and back to Communist), largely indifferent to the minor ideological differences, serving whoever was in power.</li></ul>Please see our earlier article on Nazis and communists:<a href="https://frontline.news/post/fascist-anti-fascists-antifa-exposed">Fascist anti-fascists; Antifa exposed</a>; Fake political spectrum puts National Socialists on the Right

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<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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