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Israel quietly rolled out a mass facial recognition program in the Gaza Strip (www.theverge.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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Israel has deployed a mass facial recognition program in the Gaza Strip, creating a database of Palestinians without their knowledge or consent, The New York Times reports. The program, which was created after the October 7th attacks, uses technology from Google Photos as well as a custom tool built by the Tel Aviv-based company Corsight to identify people affiliated with Hamas.

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[–] Keeponstalin 10 points 8 months ago

Israel has had a permanent occupation of the Occupied Palestinian Territories since 1967, maintaining an apartheid state through direct and indirect violence.

Hamas began twenty years into an Occupation enforced with direct and systemic violence, with the goal of ending the occupation.

What Is Hamas? - Council on Foreign Relations

What Does Hamas Actually Want? - NY Mag

Collective punishment has been a deliberate Israeli tactic for decades with the Dahiya doctrine. Violence such as suicide bombings and rockets escalated in response to Israeli enforcement of the occupation and apartheid.

Hamas Election - Snopes

Hamas 1988 Charter and Revised 2017 Charter