{"id":2006278,"date":"2023-08-20T13:14:08","date_gmt":"2023-08-20T17:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americas-pastime-mlb-goes-full-commie-with-china-style-ballpark-biometric-facial-id-scans\/"},"modified":"2023-08-20T13:15:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T17:15:51","slug":"americas-pastime-mlb-goes-full-commie-with-china-style-ballpark-biometric-facial-id-scans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americas-pastime-mlb-goes-full-commie-with-china-style-ballpark-biometric-facial-id-scans\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB adopts China-style biometric facial ID scans at ballparks."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Famericas-pastime-mlb-goes-full-commie-with-china-style-ballpark-biometric-facial-id-scans%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2006278&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Major League Baseball Embraces \u2064Facial Recognition Technology, but at\u200c What Cost?<\/h2>\n<p>Major League Baseball is\u2062 diving headfirst into the world of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-taylor-greene-dems-police-reform-bill-attacks-law-enforcement\/\" title=\"Rep. Taylor Greene: Dems\u2019 police reform bill attacks law enforcement\">facial recognition technology<\/a>, offering fans a new\u2063 way to access ballparks. However, Americans should be cautious about the potential dangers\u2062 that come\u200b with\u200d it.<\/p>\n<p>The program is completely voluntary, but \u2064it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-slammed-after-wh-official-states-biden-literally-did-not-know-about-recent-foreign-crisis\/\" title=\"Biden Slammed After WH Official States Biden \u2018Literally\u2019 Did Not Know About Recent Foreign Crisis\">raises valid concerns<\/a> about privacy and the growing surveillance state, reminiscent of what \u2064we see in communist China.<\/p>\n<p>To participate \u200bin the program, fans simply\u200c need to submit a \u2064selfie through \u200dthe MLB Ballpark\u2064 app. Once approved, ticket holders\u2064 can enter the \u200cgame through \u200da designated gate \u2062without the need for\u200c a physical ticket or barcode on their phone, as reported \u2064by <a href=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/kywam-on-demand\/mlb-to-launch-facial-recognition-ticket-program-at\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KYW Newsradio<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>MLB senior <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: 'Pipeline' to Obama Admin Seen as 'Currency'\">vice president<\/a>\u200c Karri Zaremba explained, &#8220;Fans\u2063 don&#8217;t have to take out their phones or even stop. It&#8217;s a seamless, full-speed experience.&#8221; This pilot program, called &#8220;Go-Ahead Entry,&#8221; will debut at \u2063Citizens Bank Ballpark in Philadelphia on Monday and is\u2064 expected to expand\u2062 to other ballparks next season.<\/p>\n<p>Biometric entry systems are\u2064 already \u2063in use at New York\u2062 Mets and Cleveland \u2063Guardians games, according \u200cto \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biometricupdate.com\/202308\/philadelphia-phillies-lead-off-facial-recognition-access-pilot-for-big-league-baseball\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BiometricUpdate.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, the storage of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americas-pastime-mlb-goes-full-commie-with-china-style-ballpark-biometric-facial-id-scans\/\" title=\"MLB adopts China-style biometric facial ID scans at ballparks.\">individuals&#8217; biometric \u2064data raises concerns<\/a>\u2064 about potential misuse by governments or \u200dbusinesses to control people&#8217;s behavior.<\/p>\n<p>What may\u200d start as a convenient system could eventually\u2062 lead to a loss of personal freedom.<\/p>\n<h3>A Glimpse into a Dystopian Future<\/h3>\n<p>Imagine a future\u200d where grocery stores, \u200cgas stations, and other essential\u200d retailers have a &#8220;go&#8221; or\u2063 &#8220;no go&#8221; database for customers trying to enter. &#8220;Just \u2062toe\u2062 the party line and you can \u200dgo in,&#8221; they say.<\/p>\n<p>This\u200d type of surveillance\u200d and control\u2064 is already a\u2062 reality in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-film-innovation-race-exposes-communist-chinas-plan-use-tech-dominate-world-economically-militarily\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Communist China<\/a>, where facial recognition scanners are deployed in hotels, \u2062banks, shopping malls, and gas stations. Movement is tightly controlled through\u200d ID checkpoints\u200b that include face, iris, and body\u200c scanners, as highlighted by \u200bPaul Scharre, vice president \u2062and director\u2062 of\u2063 studies \u2063at the Center for a\u2063 New \u200bAmerican \u2062Security, in an\u2064 article for \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/opinion\/story\/2023-02-26\/us-china-artificial-intelligence-uighurs-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Los \u200cAngeles Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Scharre\u2062 warns, &#8220;The problem is not just\u2063 that AI is being used for human rights \u2063abuses but that \u200bit can\u200b supercharge repression\u2063 itself,\u200c arming the state with vast intelligent surveillance networks\u2062 to monitor and control the population at a \u200dscale and degree of \u200cprecision\u2062 that would be impossible with human agents.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>The\u200c Slippery\u2064 Slope \u200bof Social\u200b Credit Systems<\/h3>\n<p>China&#8217;s social credit system, which\u200b combines government and business surveillance, assigns citizens \u200da score that can\u200c restrict their ability \u2064to take certain\u2063 actions based on their behavior. As Kristin\u2062 Tate, from \u200cYoung Americans for Liberty, explains \u2064in an article for <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/finance\/565860-coming-soon-americas-own-social-credit-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a>, a similar system may be\u2063 on its way to the United \u200bStates.<\/p>\n<p>Companies that currently\u200b track your movements and purchases for rewards programs could\u200c potentially use this data to penalize you. Tate questions, &#8220;At what point\u2062 does free speech make\u200c someone \u200da target in this new system? When \u200cdoes your debit card get \u200dcanceled over \u2062old tweets, your home loan denied for homeschooling your kids, or your eBay account invalidated because a friend flagged you for posting a Gadsden flag?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve already\u200c witnessed similar\u200b tyrannical behavior from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ottawa-law-services-sends-cruel-reminder-freedom-convoy-remember-happens-pets-owners-arrested\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canadian government<\/a> when they shut\u200b down bank accounts of truckers and their supporters protesting vaccine mandates.<\/p>\n<p>Is Major League Baseball&#8217;s use of facial recognition technology a step towards a communist \u2062Chinese-style takeover? Not necessarily, but\u200b it serves as \u2064a gentle introduction to a system that \u2063could potentially be\u200b turned against the American \u2063people,\u2063 eroding their freedom.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/americas-pastime-mlb-goes-full-commie-china-style-ballpark-biometric-facial-scans\/\">America&#8217;s Pastime?\u2062 MLB Goes Full \u2064Commie \u2062With China-Style Ballpark Biometric Facial ID Scans<\/a> (The Western Journal)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Major League Baseball is embracing facial recognition tech for fan entry to ballparks, but Americans must heed its risks. 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