Story in a flash:<ul><li>Directors from the FDA, CDC, and HRSA were called to testify before a congressional panel on the rushed approval process for the mRNA injections used as COVID vaccines and were grilled on the message they put out to the public and on its timing.&nbsp;</li><li>Congressmen succeeded in forcing public health officials to admit that “safe and effective” doesn't mean “completely safe and effective” despite the public widely believing it means just that.&nbsp;</li><li>During their questioning, the director of the FDA was also compelled to admit that he rushed the approval process and removed those who attempted to keep to a more traditional timetable.</li></ul><h2> Softballs</h2>Public health officials were called to <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/assessing-americas-vaccine-safety-systemspart-1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">testify</a> before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic. Just the News <a href="https://justthenews.com/government/congress/phd-recognizing-bullsht-mtg-rips-feds-covid-vax-injuries-amid-timid-gop" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">described</a> most members of the House panel, even Republicans, as going “surprisingly easy” on the public health officials, despite the opportunity to pin them down on their controversial decision-making processes:<blockquote>GOP members went surprisingly easy on the FDA's Peter Marks, CDC's Daniel Jernigan and Health Resources and Services Administration's Reed Grimes, speaking more often in terms of disappointment than denunciation.They rarely disputed the feds' claims about COVID-19 vaccines even when officials spoke in the language of absolutes, such as saying the jabs "prevent" rather than mitigate hospitalization and death, and accepted their statistics at face value. [Emphases added.]</blockquote>Those absolutes have been posted on a congressional website, including this statement &nbsp;to the committee from Dr. Peter Marks, Director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/FDA-SSCP-Vaccine-Safety-and-Surveillance-FDA-Written-Testimony-FINAL-Clean.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">declaring</a> the mRNA injections to be safe and effective in the conclusion of his testimony:&nbsp;<blockquote>COVID-19 vaccines have been shown to be safe. COVID-19 vaccines have been shown to be effective. They are supported by the best available scientific data; they underwent FDA’s rigorous regulatory authorization and approval processes; and their safety over time is closely monitored. [Emphases added.]</blockquote>Likewise, Dr. Daniel Jernigan, Director of the CDC's National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, came to the same conclusion in his posted <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/CDC_SSCP-Testimony-for-02.15.2024-Hearing.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">remarks</a>:<blockquote>The conclusions from the data collected as part of this historic effort is [sic] clear—COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective. [Emphases added.]</blockquote><h2>Congressional interrogators</h2>As noted by Just the News, Subcommittee Chairman Brad Wenstrup, R-Oh, was an exception. Together with questioning from House Freedom Caucus member Michael Cloud, R-Tx, Wenstrup was able to pin down the misleading nature of Marks' and Jernigan's safety and efficacy claims:<blockquote>Dr. Marks: The American public can rest assured that vaccines that are authorized or approved are safe and effective.Dr. Jernigan: The science shows that we should all have confidence that COVID-19 vaccines are both safe and effective.. . .&nbsp;Congressman Cloud: Can you still get COVID after getting the COVID-19 vaccine?Dr. Marks: Yes.Dr. Jernigan: Yes.Congressman Cloud: Does it prevent you from transmitting it?Dr. Marks: It does not absolutely prevent transmission.. . .Congressman Wenstrup: Is any pharmaceutical 100% safe?Dr. Marks: No pharmaceutical is a hundred percent safe.Dr. Jernigan: As clinicians we all recognize that no medical intervention is risk free.Congressman Wenstrup: When you say 'safe and effective,' that's relative in your mind, but it's not to the person at home. They hear '100% safe and 100% effective'. That's what they hear. This is why words matter . . . in essence that's what people heard and are sill hearing today. We've got to change that.</blockquote><div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> Watch FDA &amp; CDC Officials Get Called Out on Their ‘Safe &amp; Effective’ Narrative Thank you <a href="https://twitter.com/COVIDSelect?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@COVIDSelect</a> for the hearing today <a href="https://t.co/5r0CBee62F">pic.twitter.com/5r0CBee62F</a>— Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheChiefNerd/status/1758345297137127706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div><h2>‘Interesting timing’ allowed mandates</h2>House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky, was another congressman who used his allocated interrogation time to draw an admission from the public health officials appearing before the committee. He focused on Marks' rushing the timing of the vaccine to predate coming mandates, instead of following the normal timetable for checking vaccine safety and efficacy:<blockquote>Comer … got Marks to acknowledge the "interesting timing" of the military mandating COVID vaccines just four days after the approval deadline Marks pushed on his staff ... [Emphases added.]</blockquote>X user Chief Nerd transcribed the exchange in which Marks admitted to the connection between his office's approval of the mRNA injections and the legality of mandating them, as well as the fact that the approval came the day before the military mandate:<blockquote>Dr. Marks: "There was an acknowledgement that an approval could allow vaccine mandates to occur...Once you have a licensed vaccine, a mandate could be placed."&nbsp;Congressman Comer: "Did you express your desire to approve the vaccine by August 20th?"&nbsp;Dr. Marks: "I did."&nbsp;Congressman Comer: "And it was ultimately approved on August 23rd, correct?"Dr. Marks: "Correct."&nbsp;Congressman Comer: "Just for the record, the military mandate was issued on the 24th. That is interesting timing."</blockquote><div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> NOW - FDA Director Dr. Peter Marks Admits He Accelerated FDA Approval of the Pfizer COVID Vaccine, Possibly to Meet Mandate Timelines MARKS: "There was an acknowledgement that an approval could allow vaccine mandates to occur...Once you have a licensed vaccine, a mandate… <a href="https://t.co/uQoaLRCnOB">pic.twitter.com/uQoaLRCnOB</a>— Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheChiefNerd/status/1758188073240633402?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div><h2>FDA's way or the highway</h2>Just the News noted that Marks not only pushed his “approval deadline” on his staff&nbsp;but that the “top two vaccine officials [on his staff], Marion Gruber and Philip Krause, left shortly after” the approval, declining to put the blame on his superiors:<blockquote>Marks … said he didn't remove Gruber and Krause from the Pfizer approval process because he was told to, but because they refused his review timeline out of concern "about the workload."The FDA "needed to move as rapidly as possible" amid a summer 2021 spike in COVID deaths, and approval would "help Americans feel more comfortable getting vaccinated," Marks said. [Emphases added.]</blockquote>Comer forced Marks to testify on the connection between the removal of members of the approval committee and their refusal to accelerate the approval process.&nbsp;<blockquote>Congressman Comer: &nbsp;Did anyone instruct you or is this just a decision you made on your own [to rush approval]?Dr. Marks: This was a decision that I had made on my own.Congressman Comer: &nbsp;So why were you pressuring the doctors and then removing them from the approval process when they disagreed?Dr. Marks: The approval process was one that was needed to move as rapidly as possible. [Emphases added.]</blockquote><h2>'I have a PhD in recognizing bullsh*t … Dr. Marks, You knew about myocarditis'</h2>Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga, chose to focus on the details of both the need, or lack thereof, for the vaccines, particularly in children, the types of injuries suffered from the mRNA injections, and the failure of the government to properly compensate the vaccine injured, as summarized by Just the News:<blockquote>Greene … forcefully challenged the feds' claims, including Jernigan's assertion that "every serious adverse event" reported in the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System "is followed up.""I'm not a doctor but I have a PhD in recognizing bullsh*t when I hear it," the fiery Greene said in a five-minute tirade 90 minutes into the previously sedate hearing."Everyone" knew early that obesity, diabetes and advanced age were the most relevant COVID risk factors, Greene said, accusing Marks of rushing vaccine approval for young people despite knowing their higher risk for heart inflammation and their "practically zero risk" from COVID. [Emphases added.]</blockquote><div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (<a href="https://twitter.com/RepMTG?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepMTG</a>) at COVID vaccine hearing: "I'm not a doctor but I have a PhD in recognizing bullshit when I hear it." <a href="https://t.co/gQXpNF7qol">pic.twitter.com/gQXpNF7qol</a>— CSPAN (@cspan) <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1758175761683415438?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div>Check back for the next installment of our series of drug side effects and see our previous coverage of COVID and the mRNA injections:<blockquote><ol><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/tragedy-8-year-old-featured-in-covid-propaganda-video-dies-after-cardiac-arrest">Tragedy: 8-year-old featured in COVID propaganda video dies after cardiac arrest</a></li><li><a href="https://www.frontline.news/post/doctors-paid-per-vaccine-jab">Frontline Facts: Are doctors paid per vaccine jab?</a></li><li><a href="https://www.frontline.news/post/i-never-got-the-credit-i-deserved-on-covid-trump-stands-by-vaccine-in-interview-with-vaccine-victim-megyn-kelly">''I never got the credit I deserved on COVID' — Trump stands by vaccine in interview with vaccine victim Megyn Kelly</a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/frontline-fact-did-trump-allow-states-to-decide-on-lockdowns">Frontline Fact: Did Trump allow states to decide on lockdowns?</a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/despite-government-claims-myocarditis-found-not-temporary-after-covid-m-rna-injection">Despite government claims, myocarditis found not temporary after COVID mRNA injection</a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/neurological-complications-turbo-cancers-after-covid-shot">Neurological complications, turbo cancers after COVID shot</a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/government-withholds-vaccination-status-for-9-year-old-israeli-girl-dead-from-cardiac-arrest-during-rocket-siren">Government withholds vaccination status for 9-year-old Israeli girl dead from cardiac arrest during rocket siren</a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/moderna-using-celebrity-reports-of-side-effects-to-monitor-victims-rather-than-warn-others">Moderna using celebrity reports of side effects to monitor victims rather than warn others?</a></li></ol></blockquote>

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Congressmen challenge FDA and CDC directors on medical misinformation, firing staff who refused to rush COVID vaccine approval

When public hears 'safe and effective' they hear '100% safe and effective' - Congressman Brad Wenstrup

<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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US News

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For the last two years, British authorities have been testing AI-powered emotion recognition cameras on travelers in train stations, according to recently disclosed documents.<h2>What can the cameras see?</h2>In each of eight train stations around the UK, five to seven cameras or sensors scan the passing crowds. Using AI software from Amazon, the cameras use object recognition algorithms to spot criminal activity, trespassing, weapons, wet floors, overcrowding, and overstuffed trash cans.&nbsp;They can also alert authorities when passengers engage in “unusual behavior,” such as shouting, running, smoking, or skateboarding.&nbsp;A combination of existing cameras and newly installed smart cameras are being used for the surveillance project. All are equipped with Amazon’s Rekognition surveillance system.<h2>Emotional recognition</h2>Through a combination of facial and behavioral analyses, the Rekognition software allows officials to also <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-ai-cameras-emotions-uk-train-passengers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">analyze visitors’ emotions</a>. Internal documents note that the cameras can detect whether a passenger is “happy, sad [or] angry.” They can also recognize passenger satisfaction, which “could be utilized to maximum advertising and retail revenue.”<h2>Anti-social behavior</h2>Authorities can also detect passengers who exhibit “anti-social behaviour,” which&nbsp;<a href="https://www.met.police.uk/advice/advice-and-information/asb/asb/antisocial-behaviour/what-is-antisocial-behaviour/">according</a> to London’s Metropolitan Police Service means “behaviour by a person which causes, or is likely to cause, harassment, alarm or distress to persons not of the same household as the person.”<h2>Social distancing, face masks, and demographics</h2>Other&nbsp;<a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24757655-usecases_dpas_review_managed_stations?responsive=1&amp;title=1">use cases</a> for the surveillance cameras include detecting whether passengers are keeping to social distancing rules and wearing face masks. The cameras can also scan for demographics by identifying people’s age profiles and “socio-economic classification,” which the documents note can create “revenue opportunities for better targeted advertising and product placement.”<h2>‘Quite a concerning step’</h2>The documents were obtained by Big Brother Watch, a civil rights and government watchdog group, in response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request. Network Rail, a body within the Department of Transportation which manages most of the country’s train network, has been overseeing the surveillance project.&nbsp;“The rollout and normalization of AI surveillance in these public spaces, without much consultation and conversation, is quite a concerning step,” Jake Hurfurt, head of research and investigations at Big Brother Watch,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-ai-cameras-emotions-uk-train-passengers/">told</a> Wired.As of now, the surveillance systems do not use facial recognition technology, which analyzes faces and matches them against facial images stored in certain databases.

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