Queering Nutrition?Over sixty percent of adults in England are either overweight or obese. Almost the same percentage has at least one <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/healthandlifeexpectancies/bulletins/ukhealthindicators/2019to2020" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">long-standing health problem</a>. But the Birmingham Municipal Council recently decided that the <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/02/17/bankrupt-council-holds-queering-nutrition-event/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">“queer” aspect of nutrition</a> was what it wanted to invest in.It’s hard to know exactly what “queer nutrition” is, or why “queer” people should have different nutritional needs from the rest of us. But there is a <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Queering-Nutrition-Dietetics-Reflections-Through-ebook/dp/B0BDHT7B2C" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">book</a> about it, called “Queering Nutrition and Dietetics: LGBTQ+ Reflections on Food Through Art,” which is devoted to examining “queer food culture, queer practices in nutrition counseling, and gendered understandings of nutrition,” as well as “marginalization, homophobia, transphobia, and cisheteronormativity within diatetics and nutritional healthcare.”Birmingham, the recent host to a “Queering Nutrition” event, has invested three years and countless tax dollars in developing its <a href="https://www.local.gov.uk/case-studies/birmingham-city-council-food-system-strategy-2022-2030" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Food System Strategy</a>. Key among its conclusions was the importance of having a “whole system approach, [which] means ... considering all the different elements involved with food ... and aiming to build a sustainable, ethical, and nutritious food system...” in that order.Self-Control Is HeroicIn unrelated news, Birmingham Municipal Council was recently declared bankrupt.&nbsp;The position of “support officer addressing health inequalities in communities of interest in Birmingham, including LGBT+” for the local council will likely now go unfilled due to budgetary constraints. But is it really necessary to invest huge sums in researching nutrition for the community?According to Maimonides, the renowned scholar, physician, religious leader, astronomer and philosopher&nbsp;who served as the personal physician of Saladin almost a thousand years ago, “a person who is wise overcomes his desires, and is not drawn after his appetites.” He stresses that self-control is really all that is needed to ensure good health.It’s not easy to be in control of one's desires though; in fact, Maimonides calls such a person a “hero.” All the same, it’s well within the realm of possible, and it doesn’t require one to break the bank.Maimonides’ advice for the person who wishes to live a long and healthy life is contained within chapter four of his “<a href="https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/910344/jewish/Deot-Chapter-Four.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Book of Knowledge</a>.”Don't Overeat but don't be hungry&nbsp;<blockquote>A person should never eat unless he is hungry, nor drink unless thirsty ... one should not eat until his stomach is full. Rather, [he should stop when] he has eaten close to three-quarters of satiation … Overeating is like poison to anyone's body. It is the main source of all illness.&nbsp;</blockquote>Prepare for Meals<blockquote>One should not eat until he … has taken a stroll sufficient to raise his body temperature ... the rule is that he should exert himself in a sweat-producing task each morning…</blockquote>Sweets<blockquote>One should always avoid fruits. He should not eat of them in quantity even [when] dried and, it goes without saying [when they are] fresh. [Emphases added.]</blockquote>Having limited the amount of fruit in one's diet, one can imagine the extent to which Maimonides would prohibit sugar drinks and manufactured foods with added sugar. On this, modern medicine <a href="https://frontline.news/post/fda-approved-poison" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">agrees</a>:Sugar: The Bitter TruthIn a viral video based on his personal experience as the director of&nbsp; the children’s obesity clinic at the University of California, San Francisco, where he also serves as Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology,&nbsp;<a href="https://amecenter.ucsf.edu/people/robert-lustig-md">Robert Lustig, MD</a>,&nbsp;gives a powerful lecture creatively entitled,&nbsp;<a href="https://youtu.be/dBnniua6-oM">Sugar: The Bitter Truth</a>.<div class="raw-html-embed"><iframe class="relative max-w-full" style="width: 660px; height: 495px;" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dBnniua6-oM" title="YouTube video player" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0"></iframe></div>"Poison"<a href="https://robertlustig.com/">Dr. Lustig</a> starts his lecture as he ends it, without mincing words. Describing Japan’s development of the cheap sugar alternative High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) as&nbsp; “Japan's revenge for World War II,” Lustig refers to an ad campaign by the American Beverage Institute and the Corn Refiner's Association claiming HFCS to be as safe as sugar:<blockquote>They are correct, there is absolutely no difference between high fructose corn syrup and sucrose. High fructose corn syrup and sucrose are exactly the same. They're both equally bad. They're both dangerous, they're both poison.&nbsp;Okay, I said it, poison. My charge before the end of tonight is to demonstrate fructose is a poison, and I will do it … [min 19-20].</blockquote>Interestingly, when Lustig says that it’s poison he’s not referring to the calories or to how it led to larger serving sizes due to its&nbsp;<a href="https://healthresearchfunding.org/pros-cons-high-fructose-corn-syrup/">low cost</a> of production:<blockquote>So they're talking about soda like it's empty calories. I'm here to tell you that it goes way beyond empty calories. The reason why this is a problem is because fructose is a poison, it's not about the calories. It has nothing to do with the calories. It's a poison by itself … [min 21].</blockquote>Again writing consistently with modern medicine, Maimonides notes the need to both exercise and eat well:<blockquote>As long as one exercises, exerts himself greatly, does not eat to the point of satiation, and has loose bowels, he will [generally] not suffer sickness ... whereas a person who sits and does nothing and doesn’t exercise ... even if he eats proper foods and takes care to follow the rules of medicine, he will be wracked with pain throughout his life and his strength will ebb away.</blockquote>Self-control in all facets of lifeUnlike Birmingham (or virtually any other) politicians today, Maimonides also emphasizes the importance of exercising moderation in intimate matters, stressing that indulgence in this area leads to one's “strength being depleted," weakening one's health.&nbsp;The middle pathMaimonides also disavows an aesthetic lifestyle, <a href="https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/910340/jewish/Deot-Chapter-One.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">urging </a>balance and moderation as the key to physical health.<blockquote>The two extremes of each trait … do not reflect a proper path. It is not fitting that a man should behave in accordance with these extremes or teach them to himself.If he finds that his nature leans towards one of the extremes or adapts itself easily to it, or, if he has learned one of the extremes and acts accordingly, he should bring himself back to what is proper and walk in the path of the good [men]. This is the straight path.The straight path is the midpoint temperament of each and every trait that man possesses [within his personality.] This refers to the trait which is equidistant from either of the extremes, without being close to either of them.Therefore, the early Sages instructed a man to evaluate his traits, to calculate them and to direct them along the middle path, so that he will be sound of body. [Emphasis added.]</blockquote>Moderation (i.e., the exercise of self-control) is thus the key to maintaining health, both physical and emotional. This is a concept that seems lost on many modern-day institutions ostensibly dedicated to the health of nations, such as the FDA, which approves as safe for consumption factory foods loaded in HFCS and other processed ingredients, largely due to intensive <a href="https://frontline.news/post/fda-approved-poison" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">lobbying</a> by the sugar industry.A Healthy Body for a Free MindIn Maimonides' view, attaining physical health is not the end all of healthy living. His very first sentence of his guidelines for nutrition and a healthy way of life reveals a higher purpose, one that may provide a greater motivation for acting as “hero” in this regard:<blockquote>Maintaining a healthy and sound body is among the ways of God, for one cannot understand or have any knowledge of the Creator if he is ill…</blockquote>The philosopher doctor's outlook was that spiritual health requires a connection with one's Creator built on rigorous learning of religious texts and contemplation of theological teachings.See our previous articles on government approval of dangerous foods:<ol><li><a href="http://frontline.news/post/fda-approved-poison">FDA approved ‘poison’</a></li><li><a href="http://frontline.news/post/scientists-on-fda-committees-paid-by-sugar-industry-to-blame-fat">Sugar industry won PR award for getting FDA to blame fat</a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/55-billion-milk-formula-industry-using-dubious-marketing-to-prey-on-parents-fears-the-lancet">$55 billion milk formula industry using ‘dubious marketing' to 'prey on parents’ fears’ — The Lancet</a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/obesity">Obesity far more dangerous than viruses</a></li></ol>

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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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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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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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