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The ‘Enemies List’ at Madison Square Garden


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With little warning or regulation, companies are increasingly using facial recognition technology on their customers — as a security measure, they say.But what happens when the systems are actually being used to punish the companies’ enemies?Guest: Kashmir Hill, a technology reporter for The New York Times. Background reading: 
  • Madison Square Garden Entertainment, the owner of the arena, has put lawyers who represent people suing it on an “exclusion list” to keep them out of concerts and sporting events.
  • Some have undermined the company’s ban by using a law passed in 1941 to protect theater critics.
For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.
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