{"id":10353,"date":"2026-04-20T00:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T00:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/msg-facial-recognition-cameras\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T00:15:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T00:15:00","slug":"msg-facial-recognition-cameras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/msg-facial-recognition-cameras\/","title":{"rendered":"Madison Square Garden Reportedly Used Facial Recognition to Stalk Trans Woman For Two Years"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In most privately-owned venues today, you probably take it for granted that AI-integrated cameras are tracking your every move. From casinos to concert halls to sports arenas, the degree of public surveillance we deal with is breathtaking.<\/p>\n

For the most part, the consequences of this kind of private surveillance \u2014 severe though they may be<\/a> \u2014 are rarely felt at the individual level. Sure our data is tracked, gathered, and sold for a profit<\/a>, but it\u2019s not like there\u2019s a big game warden literally hunting you on the other end of the camera. <\/p>\n

Unless, that is, you\u2019re a random Knicks fan who found herself targeted by that bizarre surveillance apparatus.<\/p>\n

In a sprawling investigation into the surveillance panopticon at New York\u2019s Madison Square Garden, Wired<\/em> found that<\/a> venue owner James Dolan regularly abused<\/a> his facility\u2019s facial recognition equipment to stalk and harass critics, naysayers, and anyone he could start a petty beef with.<\/p>\n

One of the main victims of Dolan\u2019s security regime, the publication found, is a trans woman \u2014 Wired <\/em>called her Nina Richards, a pseudonym to protect her identity \u2014 who became an obsession of MSG security chief, John Eversole. Serving as something like the grand architect of the Garden\u2019s facial recognition panopticon, Eversole has been head of security at MSG since 2018.<\/p>\n

Starting in 2021, Richards had become a regular guest in the lower bowl \u2014 near courtside \u2014 at New York Knicks games. This is when Eversole began his fixation, which would last for two years and end with Richards being banned from the property. According to security personnel who spoke to Wired<\/em>, Eversole demanded his staffers compile dossiers called \u201cwork-ups\u201d on the unsuspecting Knicks fan.<\/p>\n

At Eversole\u2019s request, MSG security lackeys routinely used the facility\u2019s cornucopia of facial recognition cameras to follow Richards. As former staffers tell it, surveillance coverage generally began the moment Richards scanned her ticket, and continued anytime she got up from her seat to use the bathroom or chat with staff.<\/p>\n

According to a lawsuit filed<\/a> by former MSG security officer Donnie Ingrasselino, Eversole instructed his team to keep the woman \u201caway from the players.\u201d Though she hadn\u2019t committed any violations and \u201cposed no threat,\u201d as one anonymous employee told Wired<\/em>, Richards was nonetheless profiled \u201cbecause of her gender identity.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cShe wasn\u2019t taking pictures in restricted areas. She wasn\u2019t trying to go places she shouldn\u2019t be,\u201d the anonymous staffer told the publication. \u201cThis is just a very large transgender woman, being a fan, walking around.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Ingrasselino would allege in his lawsuit against, Eversole was horrified at the thought that an \u201copenly\u201d trans woman might ever be caught that close to the court. If the broadcast cameras picked her up, Eversole allegedly said, it could seriously \u201cdamage MSG\u2019s reputation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eventually, Richards was banned from the Garden, after the MSG security chief \u201cfabricated a stalking allegation,\u201d Ingrasello alleged in his suit. The horrifying story is just a taste of the surveillance debauchery that seems to endemic to MSG \u2014 and a terrifying reminder that facial recognition devices are anything but passive.<\/p>\n

More on surveillance: <\/strong>Man Suing City After AI Camera Flags Him For Wrongful Arrest<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The post Madison Square Garden Reportedly Used Facial Recognition to Stalk Trans Woman For Two Years<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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