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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    9 months ago

    Wouldn’t be necessary if Hamas didn’t violate the Geneva convention every chance they got.

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      9 months ago

      Displacing a population and replacing it with a different one is a violation of that convention.