[jasaloo]

seeing plenty of comments along the lines of "don't they have better things to do?"

please remember that there are coalitions of activists advocating multiple issues for civil rights simultaneously, and that a victory in one area (e.g. fighting the surveillance state) is neither mutually exclusive nor to the detriment of another equal or greater social ill (e.g. homelessness).

In the meantime, enjoy these videos of what they're doing with facial recognition in China:

(Social credit system) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dkw15LkZ_Kw

(broad piece on facial recognition): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH2gMNrUuEY