Customs and Border Protection doesn't deny using facial recognition to target foreign OnlyFans models
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has not denied reports that it used facial recognition technology to identify and target foreign nationals who work as OnlyFans content creators. The agency's non-denial leaves open whether it is using biometric tools to screen people based on their legal online activity.
Why this matters: This is worth watching carefully. If CBP is running faces against content platforms to flag people for their legal work, that is a significant expansion of how biometric surveillance gets used at the border. Adult content creation is legal. Being foreign is not a crime. Using facial recognition to connect the two and make entry decisions based on it is a different category of scrutiny than checking criminal records. The border has always had wide government authority. That authority does not make this routine.
Who should care: Privacy officers · Cybersecurity · General readers · Policy
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