surveillance state

Original broadcast date: December 9, 2022. We think our faces are our own. But technology can use them to identify, influence and mimic us. This week, TED speakers explore the promise and peril of turning the human face into a digital tool. Guests include super recognizer Yenny Seo, Bloomberg columnist Parmy Olson, visual researcher Mike Seymour and investigative journalist Alison Killing.

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In this episode, I discuss the troubling new video of liberal tyrants and media totalitarians openly calling for a surveillance-style police state. News Picks: Former Facebook executive pushes for mass censorship of conservative voices.  Parler will be back! The FBI is reportedly vetting National Guard personnel for the Inauguration. Why is Gina Haspel so worried about exposing the Swamp? New evidence of the connection between the Wuhan lab and COVID-19.  Troubling information emerges about the origins of the coronavirus. Hotel chain joins cancel culture brigade. Apple’s Tim Cook has a tough time with the definition of free speech. Copyright Bongino Inc All Rights Reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Summary: In this episode I address the troubling tactics of surveillance state regimes. I also address how some of these same tactics were used against the Trump team.    News Picks: An illustrative piece by Andy McCarthy on The NY Times efforts to drive the new narrative on the spying operation against Trump.    More evidence that John Brennan knows more than he’s letting on.    An older piece that debunks the idea that Christopher Steele was the “source” of the dossier information.    The leaker in the Michael Cohen case will likely be prosecuted.    The president called MS-13 “animals.” They are.   Is Google looking to vacuum up personal data?    Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices