John,

When you were a kid, did you ever stay up late playing video games?

Imagine if you didn’t just have to worry about getting caught by your parents, but a facial recognition equipped surveillance device 😂

Gaming company Tencent just announced they’re going to use facial recognition to bust kids who are up too late playing video games.¹ Yes. Really.

This is just a glimpse into the type of future we can expect if we don’t stop the spread of dystopian surveillance technology like facial recognition and biometric spying. We’re running the first-ever major campaign to stop companies from using this type of tech. Will you chip in?

DONATE TO STOP DYSTOPIA

Just in the last few months, we’ve:

Gotten major retailers like Walmart, Kroger, and Costco to commit to not using facial recognition in their stores
Launched a letter from more than 30 rights groups calling on a ban on corporate use of facial recognition
Got the federal facial recognition moratorium bill reintroduced

If we can raise enough money (donate here!) we’re going to:

Launch a rapid-response campaign demanding Tencent immediately stop using facial recognition on children
Pressure the federal Department of Education to keep facial recognition out of kid’s schools

Technology can be awesome. It can also be used to strip us of our most basic rights and ... you know ... destroy the world. Fight for the Future works every single day to ensure that tech is used to make things more awesome instead of to make things worse.

Our work is only possible thanks to thousands of people chipping in a few bucks here and there. Will you be one of them?

Together,

Evan at Fight for the Future

Footnotes:

1. Sixth Tone: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1007915/tencent-deploys-facial-recognition-to-detect-minors-gaming-at-night-

Fight for the Future works to protect your rights in the digital age.