In several government agencies - including the #DHS, the #DOJ & the #DoD - managers told employees they would have to undergo #LieDetector tests, or #polygraphs, after unclassified information was reported in the media, 6 government workers told Reuters.

#Polygraph results are rarely used as evidence in U.S. courts because of doubts surrounding their reliability.

The #Trump admin claims the move is intended to allow other media outlets the opportunity to report as resident members of the #press corps.

More broadly, the Trump admin has deployed #LieDetector tests to investigate unclassified #leaks, with some #DHS ofcls being told they could be fired for refusing polygraphs, Reuters reported on Friday. The WH says Trump will not tolerate leaks to the #media & that federal employees who do so should be held accountable.

EU governments nod off the #AIAct, paving the way for #biometricmasssurveillance via ubiquitious real-time #facesurveillance in the EU. Read the scathing criticism from civil
society: https://reclaimyourface.eu/eu-ai-act-will-fail-commitment-to-ban-biometric-mass-surveillance/ #emotionrecognition #liedetector #racialprofiling
#Pirates