Facial Recognition gets woman booted from Rockettes show due to employer

Baud Dude · Dec 20, 2022

Face Recognition Tech Gets Girl Scout Mom Booted From Rockettes Show — Due to Where She Works

A recent incident at Radio City Music Hall involving the mother of a Girl Scout is shedding light on the growing controversy of facial recognition, as critics claim it is being used to target perceived enemies — in this case, by one of the most famous companies in the country.

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Woman held and asked to leave:

A recent incident at Radio City Music Hall involving the mother of a Girl Scout is shedding light on the growing controversy of facial recognition, as critics claim it is being used to target perceived enemies — in this case, by one of the most famous companies in the country.

Kelly Conlon and her daughter came to New York City the weekend after Thanksgiving as part of a Girl Scout field trip to Radio City Music Hall to see the Christmas Spectacular show. But while her daughter, other members of the Girl Scout troop and their mothers got to go enjoy the show, Conlon wasn't allowed to do so.

Her firm had lawsuit against a sister company, although it's not clear she worked the case:

Conlon is an associate with the New Jersey based law firm, Davis, Saperstein and Solomon, which for years has been involved in personal injury litigation against a restaurant venue now under the umbrella of MSG Entertainment.

She got banned nonetheless.

For a twist, a partner at the banned firm is now hitting back at MSG's liquor license:

The liquor license that MSG got requires them to admit members of the public, unless there are people who would be disruptive who constitute a security threat," said Davis. "Taking a mother, separating a mother from her daughter and Girl Scouts she was watching over — and to do it under the pretext of protecting any disclosure of litigation information — is absolutely absurd. The fact they’re using facial recognition to do this is frightening. It’s un-American to do this.

Interesting story. There's the classic elements of "can I deny entry to someone" with some petty revenge, but the real deal is that new tech (facial recognition) is allowing this to happen at scale. The facility knew who it was and approached the mother as she came in.

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