from the two-wrongs-don’t-make-a-constitutional-right dept
Wed, Sep 21st 2022 10:43am – Cathy Gellis
The problems with Clearview AI’s facial recognition system, particularly in the hands of police, are myriad and serious. That the technology exists as it does at all raises significant ethical concerns, and how it has been used to feed people into the criminal justice system raises significant due process ones as well. But an article in the New York Times the other day might seem to suggest that it perhaps also has a cuddly side, one that might actually help criminal defendants, instead of just hurting them.
No, The Solution For Criminal Defendants Is Not More Clearview AI
Tag: presumption of innocence
NYT Opinion: I Was Wrong About Trump Voters
By Bret Stephens
The worst line I ever wrote as a pundit — yes, I know, it’s a crowded field — was the first line I ever wrote about the man who would become the 45th president: “If by now you don’t find Donald Trump appalling, you’re appalling.”
I Was Wrong About Trump Voters
Democrats and Republicans Have One Thing in Common — Both Suck on Free Speech
Suspending Russia: A Precedent that Undermines the Credibility of the Human Rights Council
April 8, 2022 BY ALFRED DE ZAYAS
On 7 April the UN General Assembly decided to suspend Russia’s membership in the Human Rights Council. This establishes a destructive precedent not only for the future of the Human Rights Council, but for the future of other United Nations institutions.
Suspending Russia: A Precedent that Undermines the Credibility of the Human Rights Council
Related:
YouTube: UN Vote Russia out of Human Rights Council – No Investigation, No Impartial Ruling (via The New Atlas)
Russia’s Exclusion from the Human Rights Council Sets a Dangerous Precedent
Lavrov explains regime change strategy targeting Russia & China. Kherson adopts ruble (Video)
YouTube video by Alex Christoforou (Bitchute).
Recommended reading:
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov: Leaders of Russia management competition, Moscow, March 19, 2022
On the Ethics of Preemptive Strikes
The South Korean presidential candidate Yoon Suk-yeol recently stated that he thought a preemptive strike against the DPRK would be justified, since, if the latter were to launch a rocket armed with a nuclear warhead against Seoul, it would be almost impossible to intercept itю The only option would be to forestall the attack.
On the Ethics of Preemptive Strikes
Bannon battling prosecutors who won’t dismiss his case after Trump’s pardon
Mile Markers of Tyranny: Losing Our Freedoms on the Road from 9/11 to COVID-19
You can map the nearly 20-year journey from the 9/11 attacks to the COVID-19 pandemic by the freedoms we’ve lost along the way.
The road we have been traveling has been littered with the wreckage of our once-vaunted liberties, especially those enshrined in the Fourth Amendment.
Mile Markers of Tyranny: Losing Our Freedoms on the Road from 9/11 to COVID-19
Ms. Cat’s Chronicles 