Privacy group details extensive city-run surveillance in new report

Privacy group details extensive city-run surveillance in new report

A technology privacy group raised concerns over the extent that New York City agencies surveil the public in a report published Thursday, alleging the city’s surveillance network is dangerous and ineffective.  The report, led by the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (STOP), argues facial recognition technology, camera networks and modern safety technology create a web of surveillance that threatens privacy and civil liberties. NYPD offic…