The push to ban facial recognition at MSG
Advocates are pushing to ban facial recognition technology at Madison Square Garden, the New York venue that has previously used the technology to identify and exclude individuals, including attorneys involved in litigation against its owner.
Why this matters: MSG already has a track record here. The venue used facial recognition to keep out lawyers suing its owner — not criminals, not security threats, just people on the wrong side of a business dispute. That is a private company using biometric surveillance as a weapon in a legal fight. If a venue can scan your face and turn you away based on who you work for, the question is not just about concerts. It is about whether public-facing spaces can quietly build blacklists and use your own biology to enforce them.
Who should care: Privacy officers · Cybersecurity · General readers · Policy
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