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A New Jersey man is sharing with CBC News the ordeal he endured after being wrongly jailed following a misidentification through Idemia facial recognition technology, the same system recently implemented by police in Ontario’s Peel and York regions. A lawsuit blames the “misuse of biased technology.” CBC | World News
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Recognition for Negro Leagues’ baseball stars stirs memories of Alberta barnstorming tours
Satchel Paige, Cool Papa Bell and others played in Alberta and will be in the MLB’s record book after the league announced it will absorb the stats from the Negro Leagues. CBC | Sports News
Read More »New Brunswick athletes welcome monetary recognition for Paralympic medals
The recent announcement that athletes will be financially rewarded for podium finishes at the Paralympic Games came as a relief for Moncton swimmer Danielle Dorris. CBC | Sports News
Read More »War widow challenges PM Rishi Sunak over recognition payment
An angry war widow among scores set to miss out on a new ‘Recognition Payment’ has confronted the Prime Minister – telling him: “We’ve been lied to and deceived.” Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Kemi Badenoch clamps down on single-sex spaces and gender recognition law
The Equalities Minister’s comments came in a Commons debate, after she was asked if the Government would support a Bill which aims to ban biological males from single-sex spaces. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Met Police using ‘game-changing’ facial recognition to help catch prolific shoplifters
Twelve retailers are being asked to provide images of the 30 worst offenders as part of a new police trial Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Germany’s new facial recognition technology reminiscent of Cold War surveillance for some
Germany is testing out facial-recognition technology at a Berlin train station. The goal is to improve security, but for those who remember the Cold War, it has shades of life under East Germany’s notorious secret police, known as the Stasi. CBC | World News
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